“ Science gives you the power to do what you otherwise couldn’ t, and to understand what you otherwise wouldn’ t.”
Dr Lars Blackmore( OS 1998)
At Sevenoaks, Lars applied his enthusiasm for science to the invention of a rather nifty Housemaster Detector. Triggered by a pressure pad concealed in the carpet, it discerned footsteps after dark and switched off all electrical appliances, thereby averting disaster.
Later, Lars exchanged the school dormitory for MIT( to study robotics to PhD level) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at NASA. Primary objective: how best to land a craft on Mars.