§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will examine the case for supporting the heat exchanger recently invented by Bristol University within the Government's space programme. [21128]
§ Mr. Battle[holding answer 16 December 1997]: Innovative research into heat exchangers has been underway at the University of Bristol in recent years and is known to my officials at the British National Space Centre. I am advised that there is a possible application of this research in the field of space transportation.
I can confirm that BNSC will consider the merits of this research as part of an ongoing reappraisal of the prospects for our satellite industry to retain cost effective access to space.