Rothwell man's work is out of this world as he plays role in Mars mission
Submitting... Iain, pictured in his youth. And the chip is now also on the Red Planet in the autonomous Ingenuity rotorcraft, which will attempt to make history in the spring. Proud mum Isobel, 80, said: "I imagine that when he designed the chip he had no idea it was going to end up on Mars!" Iain grew up in Rothwell and attended the town's infant and junior schools as well as going to the youth club at the methodist church. He went on to Montsaye in Greening Road, leaving in 1987 and going to Brunel University to study electrical and electronic engineering. After taking an initial four-year ...