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Now let's go to outer space。 The growing space industry is looking for more postgraduate talent. It's much cheaper and easier to explore space now than it was 50 years ago because of innovations in engineering and the advent of satellites about the size of a shoebox. The UK's space sector, although niche, is hungry for engineers and technologists who understand the demands of designing and analysing within a hostile, demanding environment. UK technology is now in orbit around Saturn, Mars, Venus and the moon, as well as aboard numerous satellites orbiting the Earth. The sector contributes about £9bn to the UK economy. Part of its appeal is the breadth of opportunities, from building and operating spacecraft and ground-stations to using satellites for navigation, communications and remote sensing - which is gathering information from a distance. Universities such as Southampton, Cranfield, University College London and Surrey offer specialist postgraduate courses and research opportunities. About a quarter of Surrey's postgrads go on to further study, says Bridges, who teaches space avionics on the master's course; students can also cover the likes of space robotics, systems design and launch vehicles. And that's it for this Episode of Education Today.