Is nils e patraw dead

Answer 1

Rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated! During the 80's as a Member of the Technical Staff of HUGHES Space and Strategic Engineering Division I wrote a research paper (white paper) on subjects of Space-borne Supercomputing. I had been attempting to solve some of the technology bottlenecks that limited speed-power/propagation delay, data throughput and power consumption problems of then current supercomputing "state of he art". My research became funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and folded into the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). Most people would remember this as "Star Wars". My patents that are generally listed are just some of those commercially applicable. As you may guess, most of it is classified. More interesting, I think, few people know that I had a one - on- one discussion (1994) with President ("just call me Bill, Nils") Clinton just off the tarmac at Moffet Field not far from Air Force One. I was involved with guidance electronics R&D for the THAAD Interceptor Missile at Lockheed Missile Systems, Sunnyvale, California. The Democrats wanted to cut the R&D funding of this missile because of of all the criticism of earlier programs like Patriot Missile. I remember terms like Billion- Dollar-Boondoggles, etc. The President asked me: "Nils, will these missiles ever work?" I reassured President Clinton: "With the Nations continued support, rest assured Bill, THAAD Systems will become.......".

So long for now folks, Please do something for your country!

Sincerely, Nils E. Patraw January 30, 2011.