More than 25 MPs yesterday teamed up with aerospace apprentices from all over the UK to take part in a rocket launching competition to celebrate the launch of the 2014 UK Aerospace Youth Rocketry Challenge which sees teams of students aged 11-18 years old design, build and launch their own rockets to exacting specifications.
The competition, which took place in Victoria Tower Gardens, Westminster, coincides with Tomorrow’s Engineers Week – a Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) initiative to showcase the many exciting engineering careers options available to young people. Earlier this week Professor John Perkins, the chief scientific advisor to BIS released the Review of Engineering Skills.…
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