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NASA pens

Postby Sotos » Mon Oct 31, 2005 1:28 am

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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Postby city » Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:05 pm

:D :D
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