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USA's vs USSR's way of thinking
« on: September 27, 2013, 10:00:48 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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Re: USA's vs USSR's way of thinking
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2013, 10:55:43 PM »

 :o
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Re: USA's vs USSR's way of thinking
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2013, 08:03:24 AM »

 :o ;D
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Re: USA's vs USSR's way of thinking
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2013, 12:37:07 PM »

That same pen is probably made in china today for a dollar  :-\
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Re: USA's vs USSR's way of thinking
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2013, 10:05:15 PM »

That same pen is probably made in china today for a dollar  :-\
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