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| | | Subject: The Space Race
Posted Mar 28, 2003 by Steve K.
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 | | Back in the Cold War, NASA was trying to stay ahead of the Russians on getting to the moon. NASA discovered a problem with ballpoint pens in space - they don't work, since there is no gravity. So they spent a billion or two and developed a pen that would write anywhere, outer space, underwater, etc. The Russians used a pencil.
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| | | Subject: The Space Race
Posted Mar 28, 2003 by Archangel Fashion Cat
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 | | Yes, I've heard this, and as far as Im can find out its a whole thing to make the americans look daft. The americans also used a pencil, but there was difficulties caused when the lead in the pencil broke and stuff. That lead to the development of the Space Pen, which incidentally, I believe the Russians and all other space bods use today.
There is a whole article on the Space Pen coming to a screen near you shortly. I hope! 
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