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[Ghostbusters] Do Egon Spengler and Ray Stantz deserve (a lot) more recognition for the invention of proton packs? Wouldn’t the military have interest in them? The Nobel committee? They seem pretty impressive.
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Among folks "in the know" Stantz and Spengler get their due credit, though a lot of lay folks give Venkman too much of a share due to how he's positioned himself as the leader/face-man of the crew, and the "legit" science community does it's best to ignore them, since they don't want to legitimize "fringe" science.

If the military had a ghost problem they'd be keen on the proton packs, but in terms of a weapons system it leaves a lot to be desired. It's heavy, short ranged, erratic in it's firing path, and could turn into a nuke if you cross the streams; a machine gun or missile launcher is cheaper, lighter, more accurate, infinitely safer to operate, and don't take a dude with multiple doctorates and a fungus collection to perform basic maintenance.

As far as the Nobel, they'd have to publish their findings, and Venkman would fight them kicking and screaming the whole way. He doesn't want academic accolades, he wants money, and publishing means that people might knock off the designs and steal their market share.