Teams inspire local school children with astronomical day

Sussex teams inspire local school children with astronomical day. At a speed of two centimetres per second, Bruno, the ground demonstration model of the ExoMars Rover, was making slow progress around the floor of Jubilee Building at the University of Sussex. For the 750 schoolchildren who had come to see the prototype robot, it was still awesome. Their hands shot up when offered the opportunity to ask questions. Does it have batteries' What's it for? Can you sit on it? John Chinner, propulsion engineer at Airbus UK , who are developing the rover to be sent to the red planet in 2020, was ready with the answers ("..yes, powered by solar panels", "..to look for signs of life, "..probably best not to"). John and the children were taking part in PrimarySpace Day (12 September 2018), the first event of its kind on a university campus. Its aim was to encourage primary school children to consider careers in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).
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