The Fisher AG-7 "Anti-Gravity" Space Pen !

An article in Scientific American does some myth-busting.



Fact or Fiction?: NASA Spent Millions to Develop a Pen that
Would Write in Space, whereas the Soviet Cosmonauts
Used a Pencil

"The problem of weightless writing was not solved by either
Soviet central planning or good old American sub-contracting,
but by a private investor and a good idea"
By Ciara Curtin
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?art...EFFCD06138AEC4

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 18:17:14 -0400, in a place far, far away,
"Jonathan" made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:


An article in Scientific American does some myth-busting.

That's pretty old news.

On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:22:23 GMT, h (Rand
Simberg) wrote:

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 18:17:14 -0400, in a place far, far away,
"Jonathan" made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:


An article in Scientific American does some myth-busting.

That's pretty old news.
Yes pretty old but fun and interesting nonetheless. I would remind you
Rand the name of the group is Sci.Space.History. Lighten up a bit.
Teddy Roosevelt's mother said "Fill what is empty, empty what is full, and scratch where it itches"

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Jim in Houston wrote:

On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:22:23 GMT, h (Rand
Simberg) wrote:

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 18:17:14 -0400, in a place far, far away,
"Jonathan" made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:


An article in Scientific American does some myth-busting.

That's pretty old news.
Yes pretty old but fun and interesting nonetheless. I would remind you
Rand the name of the group is Sci.Space.History. Lighten up a bit.

Actually, the thread is also crossposted to .policy...

D.
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Oct 5th, 2004 JDL

On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 06:55:15 GMT, (Derek Lyons)
wrote:


Actually, the thread is also crossposted to .policy...

D.
Oops, sorry 'bout that. Still fun and interesting. I guess somewhat
applicable to .policy, as it seems to be policy to overspend on silly
things. Anyway, I stand corrected.

Jim in Houston

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On Aug 2, 3:17 pm, "Jonathan" wrote:
An article in Scientific American does some myth-busting.

Fact or Fiction?: NASA Spent Millions to Develop a Pen that
Would Write in Space, whereas the Soviet Cosmonauts
Used a Pencil

"The problem of weightless writing was not solved by either
Soviet central planning or good old American sub-contracting,
but by a private investor and a good idea"
By Ciara Curtinhttp://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=9CF01C5C-E7F2-99DF-3EEFFCD...

I have been using Fischer Space Pens all of my life. Although NASA
spent "millions" on the development, the pen has practical uses on the
ground. SInce it is pressurized you can write while lying down or even
upside down. You cannot do that with a regular ballpoint pen.

Matthew Ota

" wrote:

:
:I have been using Fischer Space Pens all of my life. Although NASA
:spent "millions" on the development, the pen has practical uses on the
:ground. SInce it is pressurized you can write while lying down or even
:upside down. You cannot do that with a regular ballpoint pen.
:

Just how much demand is there in your life for writing upside down?

Have you considered using a pencil?


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"Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar
territory."
--G. Behn

An episode of Seinfeld was built around the amazing "astronaut pen."

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On Aug 2, 3:17 pm, "Jonathan" wrote:
An article in Scientific American does some myth-busting.

Fact or Fiction?: NASA Spent Millions to Develop a Pen that
Would Write in Space, whereas the Soviet Cosmonauts
Used a Pencil

"The problem of weightless writing was not solved by either
Soviet central planning or good old American sub-contracting,
but by a private investor and a good idea"
By Ciara
Curtinhttp://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=9CF01C5C-E7F2-99DF-3EEFFCD...

I have been using Fischer Space Pens all of my life. Although NASA
spent "millions" on the development, the pen has practical uses on the
ground. SInce it is pressurized you can write while lying down or even
upside down. You cannot do that with a regular ballpoint pen.

Matthew Ota

On Aug 2, 3:17 pm, "Jonathan" wrote:
An article in Scientific American does some myth-busting.

Fact or Fiction?: NASA Spent Millions to Develop a Pen that
Would Write in Space, whereas the Soviet Cosmonauts
Used a Pencil

"The problem of weightless writing was not solved by either
Soviet central planning or good old American sub-contracting,
but by a private investor and a good idea"
By Ciara Curtinhttp://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=9CF01C5C-E7F2-99DF-3EEFFCD...

What the F are you silly damage-control clowns doing, besides your
having been wasting our limited resources and diverting what little
talent we've got left to work with.
- Brad Guth

On Aug 3, 9:04 pm, Fred J. McCall wrote:
" wrote:

:
:I have been using Fischer Space Pens all of my life. Although NASA
:spent "millions" on the development, the pen has practical uses on the
:ground. SInce it is pressurized you can write while lying down or even
:upside down. You cannot do that with a regular ballpoint pen.
:

Just how much demand is there in your life for writing upside down?

Have you considered using a pencil?

--
"Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar
territory."
--G. Behn

Them dirty rotten Russians were always a whole lot smarter than us,
using those complicated and spendy to R&D pencils and all.
- Brad Guth