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  • Phyxius
    XSive
    • Mar 2004
    • 47
    • Otsego, MI
    #1

    Nasa

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

    The Russians used a pencil.

    Enjoy paying your taxes--they're due again.
    If it doesn't have an engine, it's not a sport, it's only a game. (borrowed from strom)
    The idea is to die young............as late as possible.
    1979 XS1100SF Special
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    • chevy45412001
      XS-XJ Guru
      • Mar 2003
      • 1412
      • Jacksonville Florida
      #2
      nasa

      How about 700 dollar hammer,Or what about the 1,200 dollar toilet seat?That pen is right up there with the best purchases our fine gov. is making.So get to work and pay our taxes
      1982 XJ 1100
      going strong after 60,000 miles

      The new and not yet improved TRIXY
      now in the stable. 1982 xj11, 18,000miles

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        • Snow
          XS-XJ Guru
          • Oct 2002
          • 1041
          • Tallahassee, FL
          #3
          I hate to be a party-pooper, but NASA didn't spend money researching a pen for space. It was created by Fischer Pen Company for about $2 million and sold to NASA almost at cost per pen.

          NASA Space Pen: a ten-year, $12 million price tab-Fiction!
          http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/s/spacepen.htm
          NASA Spent $12 Million For a Space Pen While the Russians Just Use Pencils–Fiction!     Summary of eRumor: The message says that the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration spent ten years and $12 million developing a pen that writes in zero gravity for use by astronauts.  The pen...


          The problem with using a pencil in space... have you ever had a pencil lead break off...in zero G?
          1979 XS11F Standard - Maya - 1196cc (out of order)
          1978 XS11E Standard - Nina - 1101cc
          http://www.livejournal.com/~xs11

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