Summer Inventions: A NASA Engineer Created the Super Soaker?!

Summer is a season full of water play, there is no better way to explode instead of arming yourself with all water guns of Dad, SuperSoaker®! It became the ultimate summer resort for children by the ability to shoot enemies faster and more accurately than previous water guns, shooting that water, and when it was in 1989 Even a big boy Michael Jackson was introduced as super alcohol like him one of the favorite toys

So, who invented this summer classic? Lonnie G. Johnson, who helped develop the stealth bomber program and sent it to space as a NASA engineer. This is five facts about inventors who are said to be inventors.

Despite great potential, Johnson wanted to be an inventor all the time. When African Americans grew up in Mobile in Alabama, he was told best that he could only be an engineer, but Johnson sculptured African American scientists and inventors George Washington I was keen on. Who designed footprints to use 100 peanut products

His father taught him how to make his own toy when he was a child, including a pressurized Chinaber shooting game made with bamboo shoots, and a cart made from mowers engine and broken pieces of the waste shelter It was. Some of his other experiments burn almost when he tried to cook rocket fuel in one of his pots and how to open and close his eyes as he tears his sister doll Including seeing. His house

Johnson was the only black student who took part in the 1968 Alabama Science Fair and won first prize in the invention of compressed aerodynamic robot with the inspiration of the 1960's television program "Lost in Space". Science fair was held at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, and five years ago in 1963, Governor George Wallace stood at the doorway and tried to stop admission of black students.

Johnson Washington acquired a degree in Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering from Tuskegee University, established by Booker T. Washington, which George Washington Carver taught. He joined the Central American Air Force where he assisted in developing the Stealth Bomber program and later joined NASA where he served as a Galileo mission to Jupiter, a system engineer on the Mars observation project, and Mission Saturn in Cassini .

While working for the Air Force, Johnson was working on his own invention, including the use of water instead of Freon's environmentally friendly heat pump. In 1982, he completed the prototype and when he was testing in the bath it rushed to the bathtub. Johnson realized that he had a genius idea for toys: later a powered Rencher renamed Supersoker was born. It debuted in 1989 and is one of the 20 best-selling toys in the world since its release.

What is Johnson's next step? He is currently engaged in energy technology, has over 80 patents, and more than 20 patents are pending.

When you were a child, did you like water guns? Well, let's meet Lonnie Johnson who gave us the most famous water gun - Super Soaker. Ronnie is not a toy maker, it is NASA's resume of over 40 patents of aerospace technicians such as the US Air Force's pit stop, Galileo Jupiter, Mars observation project etc. Every 2 seconds, someone in the United States needs blood. Thanks to Charles Drew, I got the blood. Drew is a doctor, surgeon and medical researcher who cooperated with the Red Cross team to make breakthrough discoveries about transfusion. In World War II, he played an important role in the development of the first large blood bank and plasma programs.

This picture book is the story of Ronnie Johnson, a child's rocket launcher, a young robot maker, an adult NASA engineer, and inventor of a super sorcery underwater toy. This story records his patience to overcome difficulties, some are produced by African Americans - and he won the University of Alabama in 1968, he was biased towards his engineers It is unsuitable as school ability. Test scientific fairness and professional doubt for his ability. This story also covers his first self-employed failure. The article highlights the continuing support he received from his family, and a vibrant example is his companion Tuskegee joining the sound and light system, specifically made by Johnson and the rest of the electronics I will capture students' expressions and customs. )