Subject: A Good Lesson in Engineering
When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly
discovered that ball-point pens would not work in 0 gravity. To
combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion developing a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down,
underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures
ranging from below freezing to over 300 C.
The Russians used a pencil.
Enjoy paying your taxes.
When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly
discovered that ball-point pens would not work in 0 gravity. To
combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion developing a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down,
underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures
ranging from below freezing to over 300 C.
The Russians used a pencil.
Enjoy paying your taxes.
