englishoak Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 (edited) Case for technology: 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. Case Against: The Russians used a pencil. Edited September 27, 2006 by englishoak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suegha Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 I do like this one, however, it's an uban myth! Sorry to be a killjoy. They could not use pencils as the 'chips' of lead in zero gravity would cause all sorts of problems, getting into people's eyes, lodging in equipment etc. Fact is, that biros do work in zero gravity. Sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalavo Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Actually you're both wrong. http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suegha Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Actually you're both wrong.http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp Er, no, I agree with your link, I just didn't post the amount of detail! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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