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Thought For The Day:

Clinical Waste · 2002-02-06 12:27:29

When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in 0 gravity. To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion developing a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures…

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06-02-2002 1:27pm

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Clinical Waste

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When NASA first started sending up astronauts,
they quickly discovered that
ballpoint pens would not work in 0 gravity. To
combat this problem, NASA
scientists spent a decade and $12 billion
developing a pen that writes in
zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost
any surface including glass
and at temperatures ranging from below freezing
to over 300 C.

The Russians used a pencil.

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#2 06-02-2002 2:31pm
Doc

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The Americans then sold the pen to the public Marketed with all the selling points you said and "As used by NASA's astronauts" and recouped the money lost.

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#3 06-02-2002 7:47pm
Pugsley

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Oh arent the americans smart :rolleyes:

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