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[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good evening,



I was referring to the Nerdy AeroSpace Association (NASA).  They went out of
business because they spent too much time and money developing ballpoint
pens



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On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Tortoise <Tortoise73 at charter.net> wrote:

> That's an amusing story however it is mostly false.
>
> The Fisher Space Pen was developed entirely Fisher at its own expense.
> Fisher eventually sold them to NASA for a measly $2.95 each.
>
> Both the Russians and NASA originally used lead pencils but the pencils
> were too hazardous. Little pieces of lead would break off and could lodge in
> astronauts' eyes or get into electrical equipment and short it. After the
> Apollo 1 fire, NASA also wanted a writing instrument that would not burn in
> the 100% oxygen atmosphere. Both the wood and the lead of a pencil would
> burn.
>
> see: http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp
>
> Tortoise
>
> <> Because truth matters! <>
>
> On 12/26/10 10:18, CHUCK CHELIN wrote:
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>> Good morning, Boot,
>>
>> I’m reminded of the early days of the manned space program when NASA spent
>> a
>> ruinous amount of time and treasure developing a ball point pen that would
>> reliability function under all zero-G conditions.  The Russians, seeing
>> that, gave their cosmonauts a pencil.
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