Oh wow, impressive! He got Hollywood to go along with him in creating a technology that doesn’t work for a problem that doesn’t exist.
I don’t think I’d admit to knowing him. And I sure wouldn’t rave on his success. He’s a modern day snake oil salesman that used political power to get his inferior creation made the only option.
If there is any karma in the world, someone from this site will one day meet him in an alley and kick him in the nuts and take his wallet.
Civil War reenactment is LARPing for people with no imagination.