Sun, EOS-Aura monitoring the global temperature of the Earth's atmosphere, Rosetta (spacecraft) investigating the composition of comets, Chandrayaan-1 mission to investigate the moon, Herschel Space Observatory and Planck (spacecraft) space telescope. Badr-B, developed the CCD cameras for the satellite. Economic impact In recent years, there has been an increasing political drive towards requiring that the science undertaken at RAL and the technology created there result in a proportional economic benefit to the UK to justify the investment of public funds in the laboratory. RAL management have argued that this is achieved in various ways, including: From the commercial products and services resulting from the scientific results which are achieved on the facilities at RAL (e.g., through new materials, new drugs etc.). Through the early warning of disasters predicted from terrestrial and space data acquired and analysed at RAL (e.g., radio/mobile phone interference predictions, severe weather predictions etc.). Through the training of specialist scientists and engineers at RAL, who then move into commercial companies. Through the standardisation of technologies which has resulted in the acceleration of economic growth through interoperability and interchangeability of products — especially in computing. By the enthusiasm generated in science by the results of large facilities (e.g., from astronomical images or from particle physics experiments), which leads to schoolchildren choosing scientific training and scientific careers in many fields. By technologies developed at RAL during the development of facilities themselves, which are then licensed to UK companies, or spin-out companies. Decommissioning According to its Annual Report from 2017-2018, STFC expects the end of the ISIS pulsed neutron source and the associated Second Target Station to be in 2040 and anticipates decommissioning to take 55 years. The cost of radioactive waste disposal could range between £9 million and £16 million. In popular culture RAL was used as a set for the filming of an episode of Terry Nation's BBC TV series Blake's 7. The computer-generated imagery (CGI) for Ridley Scott's 1979 film Alien were created at the Atlas Computer Laboratory which is now part of RAL. The Space Science department featured in the "In the Box" episode of the CBeebies series Nina and the Neurons. See also Daresbury Laboratory Oak Ridge National Laboratory Argonne National Laboratory Spallation Neutron Source European Spallation Source Institut Laue–Langevin European Synchrotron Radiation Facility Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation List of synchrotron radiation facilities European Space Agency Facilities European Research Area Diamond Light Source