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On the 40th anniversary of NASA landing,
let us introduce you to
five men (and women) of the Moon… |
- Tom Bacon (1904–1992), developer of the fuel cell that powered the rocket. ’Without you Tom,‘ said Richard Nixon, ‘we wouldn’t have gotten to the Moon’.
- Mary Evershed (1867–1949), astronomer and compiler of Who’s Who on the Moon (1938)
- Thomas Raikes (1777–1848), dandy, nicknamed Apollo ‘because he rose in the east and set in the west’.
- Tommy Gold (1920–2004), astrophysicist, who questioned the safety of moondust
- Frankie Vaughan (1928–1999), popular singer and the original ‘Mr Moonlight’
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