> First Light used a hypervelocity gun, which engineers call their “Big Friendly Gun,” to fire a projectile at 6.5 kilometers (4 miles) a second into a fuel tar

> First Light used a hypervelocity gun, which engineers call their “Big Friendly Gun,” to fire a projectile at 6.5 kilometers (4 miles) a second into a fuel target to generate energy I would love to be the scientist deadpan explaining to a reporter that BFG is short for Big Friendly Gun, and anything else is just a coincidence. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BFG_(weapon) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BFG_(weapon) )