Maurice Ward
Maurice Ward was a British
inventor best known for his invention of
Starlite, a
thermal shielding material. He was a former
hairdresser from
Hartlepool, County Durham, England. Ward believed he should not sell his material directly or allow unsupervised research due to the potential for
reverse engineering, and he maintained that he should keep 51% ownership of the formula for Starlite because he valued the material to be worth billions; this is believed to have stunted its commercial success. The formulation for Starlite, a technology which might have revolutionised the world of
aerospace and
materials science, may have been lost with his passing, although, he hinted during a radio talk show interview that his family might hold information relating to the invention. Starlite was reported to have been acquired by
Thermashield, LLC from Ward's family in 2013.
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