With images of Martian sunrises being beamed across the world from NASA’s Curiosity rover, US technology firms are lining up to take a slice of the credit for taking the robot to the red planet.
Global graphite materials manufacturer GrafTech International is the latest company to step into the limelight, revealing this week that it had produced the thermal solutions used in the rover’s heat shield.
Craig Shular, GrafTech CEO, attributed his company’s role in the mission to the firm’s rich history...