Mission to Mars

Pages 3-4 The Unknown

1. Regain Control of the Control Panel
The code is HUNKYDORY

2. Arecibo Receiving Me?

Pages 5-6 55 Cancri E

3. Diamond Debacle

A=$247.50
B=$240
C=$270

B is the cheapest diamond once the discount has been applied

4. A Carbon Caper
1. Carbonated
2. Carbonara
3. Carbon footprint
4. Carbon copy

5. True or false?
It’s true. It takes 18 hours for 55 Cancri e to orbit its host star

6. Diamangles

7. Corundum Conundrum
Diamondisasterivalasagnanemone

The piece of equipment you need to climb down into Janssen’s glittering diamond mines is a LADDER.

Pages 7-8 Raspberry Dust Cloud

8. Fruit Salad Sudoku

8. Berry Disastrous
1. strawberry
2. elderberry
3. gooseberry
4. cloudberry (yes it’s a thing)
5. blueberry
6. buffaloberry (that’s a thing too. Honest)

The answer is DESSERT!

Pages 9-10 Gliese 436 B

9. Hot Stuff
1=C, 2=A, 3=B, 4=H, 5=I, 6=J (can vary depending on source), 7=F, 8=G, 9=E (can vary depending on salt content), 10=D

10. Crossword in Opposite World

11. Word morphs
BOIL
FOIL
FOOL
FOOD
FORD
FORE
FIRE

COLD
HOLD
HELD
HEAD
HEAT

Pages 13-16 Aliens

12. A video of a cat falling into a swimming pool was not sent into space onboard Voyager.

13.The SETI Institute is a real organisation set up to investigate the existence of extra terrestrial life.

14. Incoming

15. We Come In Peace

16. Weird Word Search

Pages 17-18 Killer Space Maggots

17. Fun with Lasers

18. Prime Parasites
The killiest killer space maggots are: 2, 7, 11, 13, 97

19. Spoils of Battle
Each of you get 2 Arubian Sasquatch letter openers, 5 Limited edition Carpian switchball cards, 11 Breeek dollars, 41 Gliesish barometers, 1 Cancrian diamond whistle pipe and 56 Chocolate Wagon Wheels – don’t eat them all at once.

20. Message from General Hardnut
Hello team AQUILA,
I am sure you have a lot on your plate, but if you pass a corner shop, could you please pick us up some skimmed milk?

PS: Do you still have the vinegar and washing up liquid I asked you to pack?

Pages 19-20 The Corner Shop at the Centre of the Universe

21. Currency conundrum
In order of value:
1. 17,000 Indian Rupee
2. 100 British Pounds
3. 200 Cancrian Dollars
4. 10,000 Japanese Yen
5. 2000 Russian Rubles
6. 150 Swedish Krona