|   Non-Bike Related... (NASA) | King
Sep 5, 2001 2:00 PM | | Someone just forwarded this to me on ICQ:
Not sure how truthfull it is but...
It makes me laugh.
Message:
When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that
ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA
scientists spent a decade and $12 Billion to develop a pen that writes in
zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including
glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to 300C.
The Russians used a pencil.
Hahaha
Fug! That's funny.
Later,
King |
| re: Non-Bike Related... (NASA) | Prometheus
Sep 5, 2001 4:27 PM | | Its a true statement I read it somewhere but the cost has been exagerated. I think its in the low thousands but still its funny. |
| Yeah, its just a "pressurized" ball point pen | Jm
Sep 5, 2001 6:58 PM | | instead of working on capilary effect, it is just a little miniature "pressurized" cartridge, filled with ink. |
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