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Apr 25, 2006 21:29

Zero GravityWhen 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 ( Read more... )

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ixceix April 26 2006, 05:22:40 UTC
silly russians.

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actually it cost nasa $2.95 antigen7 April 26 2006, 11:45:21 UTC
http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp

they now come in several colours as well! :)

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Re: actually it cost nasa $2.95 xtan April 26 2006, 17:16:57 UTC
poophead.

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xtan April 27 2006, 02:33:51 UTC
Did you just blaspheme my LJ with Mt. Fat Lips Jumbo Ears?!?!

*takes away some brownie points*

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