Bernard Lovell.

[peteshimmon]

Professor Sir Bernard Lovell has passed aged 98.
His was the big name at the beginning of the
space age with his new giant radio telescope.
It was a great project brought to fruition
by the engineer Husband.

Money was short at the end until an industrialist
stepped in. Lovells' book on the building of the
big dish has a copy of a cartoon at the time.
He is in rags with his telescope while some
kids walk past. Each with an evil smirk on
their faces, each carrying armfuls of rockets
and missiles. One has a flying helmet, the next
a sailor suit and the last army fatigues. Yes
the military had their millions while science
struggled.

[John Jaksich]

RIP Professor Bernard Lovell

[Swift]

That is an important enough story that I've moved the thread from OTB to Astronomy.

BBC article

Pioneering astronomer and physicist Sir Bernard Lovell has died aged 98.

Sir Bernard, who was born near Bristol and studied in the city, was the founder of University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Observatory.

Jodrell Bank and the surrounding Cheshire countryside is dominated by the Lovell Radio Telescope, which was conceived by Sir Bernard.

Professor Brian Cox, who knew Sir Bernard, said he was "an inquisitive scientist all the way".

RIP Sir Bernard

[Sticks]

A true pioneer in science and astronomy in the UK