Issues

Issue 23

June 2005

Artist’s impression of the Huygens probe resting on Titan’s rocky surface, with an orange haze and scattered stones under a thick atmosphere.
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How to land on Titan

A billion kilometres from Earth, in cryogenic temperatures, Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is soaked in deadly radiation, in a thick opaque atmosphere of unknown composition. Dr Steve Lingard and Pat Norris helped engineer the parachute and computer systems that enabled a soft and successful landing by the Huygens space probe on this inhospitable surface.
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On The Right Wavelengths
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Does The UK Need A Contribution From Nuclear Power?
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John Burland CBE FREng
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Why Rails Crack?