humdinger44 t1_j6sg9b5 wrote
> Here are just a few of his accolades:
>*Master’s degree in nuclear engineering
>*U.S. Air Force engineer who worked on the B-2 “stealth” bomber program
>*NASA systems engineer for both the Galileo mission to Jupiter and the Cassini mission to Saturn
>*Inventor of the Super Soaker water gun
>*Inventor of the Nerf N-Strike dart gun
>*National Inventors Hall of Fame inductee
captainquirk OP t1_j6sh4t4 wrote
Such an impressive guy!
the_depressed_boerg t1_j6tuczr wrote
He has also a reddit account and did some ama in the past
starskip42 t1_j6to5ha wrote
I'm just happy he's still alive!
senorali t1_j6u9cr3 wrote
Wait, he did the N-Strike line too? I knew about Super Soaker, didn't know about the dart blasters. Do you have a link to that?
Edit: So after some reading, it looks like that's not exactly the case. He created the pressurized air blasters (which are basically just the Super Soakers, but shooting darts), but that wasn't N-Strike.
Still, his contributions were priceless and he ended up winning a lawsuit against Hasbro for underpaid royalties. Anyone who gives Hasbro a good kick in the dick is okay in my book.
captainquirk OP t1_j6unnl9 wrote
Some more detail here: https://www.blastercentral.com/nerf-history/
SqueakSquawk4 t1_j6tgvvx wrote
Why is stealth in ""?
GalegoBaiano t1_j6tp4ow wrote
The official name is not Stealth Bomber, it's just B-2. But everyone knows it as the Stealth Bomber
Nimoy2313 t1_j6uxegd wrote
Super Soaker, impressive!
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