Air Force develops Transparent Aluminum

[Bee]

http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123012131

Pretty neat stuff.

[QuikSand]

ping Wonder Woman

[cuervo72]

http://www.fof-ihof.com/upload/cuervo72/wwjet.jpg

[WSUCougar]

Scotty and McCoy gave them the formula.

You know, so they could save the whales.

[Butter]

[nerd alert]
Isn't this the stuff they supposedly used in Star Trek IV to hold the whales in the Enterprise.
[/nerd alert]

And yes, I'm serious. If so, I'm kinda impressed that the screenwriters from 20 years ago actually sorta guessed a future invention.

[RendeR]

[nerd alert]
Isn't this the stuff they supposedly used in Star Trek IV to hold the whales in the Enterprise.
[/nerd alert]

And yes, I'm serious. If so, I'm kinda impressed that the screenwriters from 20 years ago actually sorta guessed a future invention.Actually it isn't all that impressive. Most Science Fiction movie writers do some good in depth research into the things they want to encorporate in the movies, developements like trasnparent aluminum could very well have been in their beginning stages back then and been easily found in science journals.

[kcchief19]

Congratulations, we've all been redorkulated.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Good thing they found those nuclear wessels.

[WSUCougar]

[nerd alert]
Isn't this the stuff they supposedly used in Star Trek IV to hold the whales in the Enterprise.
[/nerd alert]
[DOUBLE nerd alert]No, it's the stuff they traded the formula for to get thick plexiglass to hold the whales in their Klingon ship. Geez! [/DOUBLE nerd alert]

[rkmsuf]

I hated the whale star trek movie.

[Butter]

Good thing they found those nuclear wessels.

I actually laughed at this. This thread might collapse under the weight of its own dorkiness.

[kcchief19]

I hated the whale star trek movie. I hated it until I saw Star Trek V. After you've seen that, Star Trek IV looks a whole lot better.

[Honolulu_Blue]

I hated it until I saw Star Trek V. After you've seen that, Star Trek IV looks a whole lot better.
Excuse me. What does God... need with a starship?

[Bee]

Who would have thought my thread would turn geekier than WSUCougar's thread about fantasy armies around an imaginary campfire...


:D

[rkmsuf]

Good point. V was a steaming pile of feces.

[QuikSand]

Good point. V was a steaming pile of feces.

Ping Thomas Pynchon

[cuervo72]

Less Star Trek, more Wonder Woman.

http://www.fof-ihof.com/upload/cuervo72/wwco47.jpg

[sachmo71]

Congratulations, we've all been redorkulated.



:D


ALONtm is a ceramic compound with a high compressive strength and durability. When polished, it is the premier transparent armor for use in armored vehicles, said. 1st Lt. Joseph La Monica, transparent armor sub-direction lead


Premier meaning first, or as in the best of the bunch?

[sachmo71]

Less Star Trek, more Wonder Woman.

http://www.fof-ihof.com/upload/cuervo72/wwco47.jpg



ohhhhhhhh

[Warhammer]

I hated the whale star trek movie.

I did too until I realized it was almost a spoof of the entire genre. Then I loved it!

[WSUCougar]

Who would have thought my thread would turn geekier than WSUCougar's thread about fantasy armies around an imaginary campfire...


:D
I bare my geeky soul and you do THIS to me?!?

[Warhammer]

I bare my geeky soul and you do THIS to me?!?

Hell, I read the other thread and wished you would move four hours south! :D

[Antmeister]

Less Star Trek, more Wonder Woman.

http://www.fof-ihof.com/upload/cuervo72/wwco47.jpg

Even by today's standards, she looks pretty good. Thank goodness there are no real truth lassos, because I know I would say something inappropriate.

[Warhammer]

You mean like, you can tie me up anytime!