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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 |
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The Fisher AG-7 "Anti-Gravity" Space Pen !
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. |
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The Fisher AG-7 "Anti-Gravity" Space Pen !
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. -- Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh. http://derekl1963.livejournal.com/ -Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings. Oct 5th, 2004 JDL |
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The Fisher AG-7 "Anti-Gravity" Space Pen !
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 -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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The Fisher AG-7 "Anti-Gravity" Space Pen !
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 |
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The Fisher AG-7 "Anti-Gravity" Space Pen !
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: :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 |
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The Fisher AG-7 "Anti-Gravity" Space Pen !
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 |
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The Fisher AG-7 "Anti-Gravity" Space Pen !
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 Ah, but having a Space Pen compels you to write upside down ;-) |
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The Fisher AG-7 "Anti-Gravity" Space Pen !
On Friday, August 3, 2007 at 9:04:07 PM UTC-7, 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 I write upside down and sideways. I also can use it to write underwater. |
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