Comment Just a Prototype (Score 3, Insightful) 397
Many of you are asking questions of "how will it perform in combat, can operators crouch/dive/roll/prepare a five course dinner/shoot/etc, and what happens when it runs out of gas?"
This is why we have the prototype stage when we build something.
When Goddard launched his first rockets, people didn't say "Yeah, but how're you going to get to the moon on that?"
You build, find the shortcomings of your design, improve, and test again.
The suit probably doesn't have any practical application now, but future versions in five - ten years might allow military mechanics to fix heavy vehicles quickly, and in 20 - 50 years, our soldiers might be able to carry better body armor into combat with less restrictions than the current body armor (which is heavy in its own right).
I like the idea that our soldiers who are being shot at will eventually be able to move faster, shoot more effectively, wear more protection, and be better equiped than their enemies.
This is why we have the prototype stage when we build something.
When Goddard launched his first rockets, people didn't say "Yeah, but how're you going to get to the moon on that?"
You build, find the shortcomings of your design, improve, and test again.
The suit probably doesn't have any practical application now, but future versions in five - ten years might allow military mechanics to fix heavy vehicles quickly, and in 20 - 50 years, our soldiers might be able to carry better body armor into combat with less restrictions than the current body armor (which is heavy in its own right).
I like the idea that our soldiers who are being shot at will eventually be able to move faster, shoot more effectively, wear more protection, and be better equiped than their enemies.
