Jim
2002-May-17, 10:45 PM
From "A Little OT, but Funny"
http://www.badastronomy.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?topic=1271&forum=2&17
On 2002-05-09 21:44, ACM wrote:
Someone I know emailed me this this morning...
"When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they discovered that ball-point pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 million developing a pen that writes in zero gravity... When confronted with the same problem, the Russians used a pencil."
Did anyone else notice that this urban legend was repeated on "The West Wing" this week?
Leo: "We spent millions of dollars developing a pen for the astronauts that would work in zero gravity. Y'know what the Russians did? They used a pencil."
http://www.badastronomy.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?topic=1271&forum=2&17
On 2002-05-09 21:44, ACM wrote:
Someone I know emailed me this this morning...
"When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they discovered that ball-point pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 million developing a pen that writes in zero gravity... When confronted with the same problem, the Russians used a pencil."
Did anyone else notice that this urban legend was repeated on "The West Wing" this week?
Leo: "We spent millions of dollars developing a pen for the astronauts that would work in zero gravity. Y'know what the Russians did? They used a pencil."