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Posted by the red dot on 02/16/07 18:31
"Dylan Parry" <usenet@dylanparry.com> wrote in message
news:45d576f5$0$757$bed64819@news.gradwell.net...
> the red dot wrote:
>
> > which reminds me of the story of the americans who spent millions of
dollars
> > making a pen that worked in zero gravity, the russians just used a
pencil.
>
> Nope. The Russians didn't use pencils. Have you ever got a bit of pencil
> in your eye? I can tell you that it isn't very nice. Now try writing in
> zero-gravity with bits of graphite breaking off and floating around. A
> nightmare to say the least.
>
> The Russians used good-old-fashioned ballpoint pens, which work fine in
> zero-gravity as they only rely on the flow of ink, which will occur
> regardless of which way you hold a pen in space. Which is the opposite
> of what happens on Earth, ie. hold the pen upside-down and gravity will
> cause the ink to stop flowing. No gravity == no problem.
>
jeez i feel like a right idiot now. thanks for putting me in my place.
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