Chemicals industry marks role in Moon landing

Neil Armstrong on the Moon photo Rex.jpgThe science of chemistry and the chemical industry supplied many of the materials that made the Apollo 11 mission and, indeed, all space flight, possible - read all about it in this fascinating Insight piece by ICIS editors Nigel Davis, Ben DuBose and Joe Kamalick.
 

In a roll call of the big chemicals of our times, they go on to show the part played by, amongst others, hydrogen, oxygen, PET, spandex, neoprene and PTFE.

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