USAF 'discovered' pulsars long before Bell Burnell

[neutrino]

...but they just didn't call it such.

Interesting story: http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2007/08/schisler.php

 

[siddharth]

So, is it technically possible for the USAF to have won a nobel prize ?

 

[George Jones]

So, is it technically possible for the USAF to have won a nobel prize ?

Why should it have been possible for the USAF when it wasn't possible for Bell Burnell?