The NASA Scientist Who Invented the Super Soaker
The NASA Scientist Who Invented the Super Soaker
Remember the childhood hours of fun spent blasting your friends with neon-tinged water cannons? You can thank a NASA scientist for that. In 1982, Lonnie Johnson designed the Super Soaker. But that wasn’t Johnson’s only invention. The award-winning scientist came up with everything from the Nerf gun to a thermoelectric energy converter, and now he’s got even bigger aims. Lonnie Johnson: We salute you.
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2:18 When I was kid, I fucked people with that thing.
Thank you for cool nerfs
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Nerf destroyed the Super Soaker brand
"I have over a hundred patents" AKA smart AF
Super Soakers are proof times were better. Why did we regress technologically? The current ones are shit. They’ve been shit since the 90s ended. I am here because of the news of a new line of retro-styled actual Super Soakers.
Best gun ever
This guy also made nerf. Hell yeah!
Child me would run and ask for an autograph
From classified bomber to nurf gun that’s a change for the better
He’s making me wet
*Not that way*
Better download this…
He like lucius fox the inventer of batman suit
Fill this thing with holy water and you get a demon killer
I love you so much and I have 7 nerf guns
He has the voice of a god.
Lonnie Johnson net worth 360 millions.
Thank you for the childhood memories
*An American SUCCESS!*
We need to build a statue of him
New Hero 💯
His Voice sounds Like a Transformer.
*His best buddy is a rich playboy who is a vigilante in the night!!*
My mother worked with Mr Johnson’s wife as a school teacher for years. I used to spend summers over a his place, hanging with his boys. Great times, and Mr. Johnson was another awesome role model I looked up to when I was younger. Thanks to the whole Johnson family for some great times!
The slogan *wetter is better* ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
This changed the future it was a line for six6nine9
Omg there needs to be more power on these water gun bring back the cps 2000 sell it to grown adults only lol
What a lad.
Life can be full of suprises
_yet some people dont want humanity to go into space until we solve earthly problems_
Is this guy Morgan freeman’s brother?
I had no idea it had a proper name Super Soaker. Back where I’m from, we just call it water gun or water pistol.
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THEY FRICKIN FEDERALLY BANNED THE CPS 2000! LET KIDS GET THERE EYES GET POKED OUT COME ON!
Oo really!
lol
I take it nerf bought them out
He’s my hero
Finally a black guy doing it right
Pliz nerf this
Never even knew who made it. all I know I spent hours of my life enjoying it !! Thank you Lonnie !! If you have any pull please re release the old school ones they looked so much cooler than the new ones !
Use a rotating battery
Black Tony Stark
Please bring back the good super soakers from the 90s!
The person who made nerf
Why da fuck we seen that picture of her coworker
Edit – the inventor liked it so that’s good enough
MARK ROBER WAS IN NASA AND MET HIM
Her coworker must be like ,MY GOD IM FAMOUS
All that and hes still working hard in the lab to find new answers to everyday problems. Glad we still have him around.
How else remembers him from “Mark Rober” and his “worlds largest water gun”