§ 48. Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much information obtained from the United Kingdom Science Research Council's Skylark upper atmosphere research rocket project at Woomera, has been made available to British universities and to British industry.
§ Mr. Gordon WalkerA lot of information is gained by universities in preparing and conducting the research experiments carried in Skylark rockets, and by industry in developing and constructing the rockets, their instrumentation and scientific equipment.
Techniques and results are described in joint Royal Society/Science Research Council annual reports, in scientific and technical journals, and at conferences.
§ 50. Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the cost and progress of the United Kingdom Science Research Council's Skylark upper atmosphere research rocket project at Woomera, Australia.
§ Mr. Gordon WalkerOn cost, I refer my hon. Friend to the Answer to his Question on 30th November.
On progress, valuable scientific data has been obtained and much more accurate attitude control developed. 41 rockets have been launched, carrying 154 experiments devised by 12 United Kingdom research groups.—[Vol. 755, c. 630–1.]