Air Force Cadet Invents Bullet Stopping Goo

[spinmove_]

I was griping to my wife about this, when I was being skeptical of some "alternative medicine" thing she saw.

When I see news about things I'm knowledgeable on, it's almost universally wrong or misleading. Others, with expertise in other fields, usually say the same about their own knowledge areas. Why, then, should I accept anything the news tells me at face value?

Ah the news, sensationalistic bullshit at its finest. And people wonder why I simply don't pay attention to it half the time...


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[alohadoug]

I worked in an Army research lab (but not ARL) for almost a decade, and have worked in military R&D my entire career.

I'm working at the RDEC that handles ballistics protection right now and I've talked to the really smart people (I'm not one) about this subject before.

[alohadoug]

Keep in mind this was an undergrad's project. USAFA doesn't have a graduate program, and doesn't have undergrads acting as work proxies for professors.

I don't blame her. I blame the education system that doesn't have them do a basic literature search (which would have pulled numerous articles and testing reports) and I blame an over-anxious PAO who is just trying to make USAFA look good and instead made them look stupid in the technical community. So next time someone from USAFA has a great idea, the audience will be skeptical against it...

[OlongJohnson]

One of my engineering profs had a favorite saying:

Two weeks in the lab can easily save you fifteen minutes in the library.

[busdriver]

Fair points gents.

[SamAdams]

Well, at least their football team did o.k.


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[Glenn E. Meyer]

Well, it might work on your cold fusion powered tank in a joint program with the University of Utah. The tank will be self-driving developed by Uber. Just tell it to attack the enemy.

[trailrunner]

I'm working at the RDEC that handles ballistics protection right now and I've talked to the really smart people (I'm not one) about this subject before.

I think I toured your lab earlier this year.

[Hambo]

Well, at least their football team did o.k.

I didn't think Air Force was allowed to play contact sports.

[SamAdams]

I didn't think Air Force was allowed to play contact sports.

Are you a Marine ?


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