Bringing Mars to the classroom

Posted by tourdemars to Mars Express at November 5, 2003 12:00 PM

The straight-talking, chess-loving Education Secretary, Charles Clarke, has a new cause to champion - the British mission to land on Mars. This week, he joined Science Minister Lord Sainsbury and Mars scientist Professor Colin Pillinger to launch educational resources linked to the Beagle 2 project, as BBC News Online's Helen Briggs reports.