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 300°C.
The Russians used a pencil.
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LOL Classic American tale.
ReplyDeleteThe thing is, they need not have bothered. A pen works perfectly well in zero gravity. And they cannot use pencils, because the tips break off. That bit is an out and out fallacy.
ReplyDeletePeople are funny.