DarkCow
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Comment · 16 days ago
Comment · 6 years ago
This story (and others) are the subject of the well-reviewed book "A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II" by Adam Makos and Larry Alexander
Comment · 8 years ago
NASA TV reports that the capsule is down and the S&R team is in contact with the astronauts, who are in "good condition".
Comment · 9 years ago
The Bloomberg 404 page is also pretty funny: https://www.bloomberg.com/404
However, I was disappointed that the article conspicuously omitted the story of the original invention.
Anyway, here's the patent ("Process for propelling foodstuffs or the like into a crowd"): https://patents.google.com/patent/US5996568A/en