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# This is the same organisation that spent millions designing a pen that would work in space
and the Russians took pencils.
(I helped save b3ta! Bingowings 2011 Businessman of the Year (Watford Branch), Tue 4 Mar 2003, 14:56, archived)
# Aah
but did they take a sharpener?
(I helped save b3ta! dr_fonz, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 14:58, archived)
# hahaha !
did you ever see the interview with the first russian to walk in space ? when he got out his suit expanded so he couldn't get back in - solution ? he took his glove off - nutter !
(I helped save b3ta! ablufia v0.43 - have your face drawn, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 15:01, archived)
# A killjoy writes...
The space pen was developed by the Fisher company at its own expense (not NASA's). It was eventually used by both Soviet and American cosmonauts/astronauts.
Debunkage
(angrybernard, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 15:01, archived)
# Yer right
the pencil lead (graphite) would flake off, float about and eventually short the electrics or something. So they couldn't use pencils.
(bastien, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 15:24, archived)
# And then there's the Chinese solution to re-entry shields
Use wood - its cheap and doesn't fall off when hit by a lump of ice.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Nostril, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 15:29, archived)