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2005-10-19 Science & Technology

~~Mr. Scott~~ Air Force working on transparent aluminum

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Posted by Jackal 2005-10-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I'll believe it when I see it.

Posted by Captain America 2005-10-19 01:07|| 2005-10-19 01:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Pageing LTC.Montgomery Scot.

Posted by raptor 2005-10-19 02:55|| 2005-10-19 02:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Interesting that armor is making a comeback, after being out of the race for centuries. Basically after the invention of firearms, armor was obsolete. It's spiffy that these new materials technologies are making protection available once more.

But let's be real, I'm sure Russian and Chinese scientists are feverishly developing better bullets to pierce armor like this.

Posted by gromky">gromky 2005-10-19 04:25|| http://communistposters.com/]">[http://communistposters.com/] 2005-10-19 04:25|| Front Page Top

#4 In your best Scot's brogue, "Hello computer..."

Posted by .com 2005-10-19 05:03|| 2005-10-19 05:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Play the pipes one last time:

Star Trekâs James "Scotty" Doohan will be launched into space on December 6

Nor will Scotty be alone. His remains, together with those of 120 others, will be on a Space Services Inc Explorers flight, alongside an "unidentified astronaut and Mareta West, the astrogeologist who determined the site for the first spacecraft landing on the moon,â says CNN.
Doohan, aka Enterprise chief engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, died in July, aged 85 and, "I can't think of a more fitting send-off than having some of his fans attend this, his final journey," his widow, Wende Doohan, is quoted as saying.

Doohan's cremated remains will be packed into a special tube to be ejected from the rocket and are expected to orbit Earth for about 50 to 200 years, âbefore plunging into the planet's atmosphere and burning up,â says CNN.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-10-19 11:00|| 2005-10-19 11:00|| Front Page Top

#6 GOOD! Now don't give the technology to anybody else for chrissakes!

Posted by anon1 2005-10-19 13:00|| 2005-10-19 13:00|| Front Page Top

#7 I'll believe it when I see it.

I'll believe it when I see through it.

Posted by Red Dog 2005-10-19 15:46|| 2005-10-19 15:46|| Front Page Top

#8 If it's that good, get the cost down, figure out how to make it one way, then use it for all the upper armor on a stryker. A 360 degree field of view from inside, but no view in of the occupants, would be just the ticket.

Posted by DO 2005-10-19 18:50|| 2005-10-19 18:50|| Front Page Top

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