Now where are those pesky whales..?

[ffutures]

The USAF is allegedly working on transparent aluminium armour. Where's Scotty when you need him?

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

Comments

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

"Can you tell me vhere the nuklear wessels are?"

There are quite a few things in classic SciFi that isn't anymore. I'm not surprised, to be honest.

Things like faster-than-light travel is still out, though. Until our understanding of the universe/paradigm changes (again), that is.

[armb.livejournal.com]

Only in the same sense that sapphire has been "transparent aluminum" for years, though.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Well yeah, but my version's funnier...