Recognition at last for Tom Bacon, the scientist you’ve never heard of who helped put men on the moon
The Guardian: Energy
NOVEMBER 2, 2024
Cambridge home of the engineer who developed fuel system used on Apollo 11 is to receive a blue plaque It has been nearly 70 years since Francis Thomas Bacon developed a source of clean green energy that would help power the first moon landing and change the course of history. Yet, few are aware of the Essex-born, Cambridge-based engineer whose invention of the first working hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell helped send Apollo 11 to the moon.
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