Comments certainly went off on an interesting tangent. I refer all of you to Col. Chris Hadfield, astronaut. Canadian. Go to his Facebook page. Follow him. He is back on terra firma and retired, but only retired from going into space. pssst…. pick up his “You Are Here” book. See not earth, but Earth. Cool.
I heard that the Russians didn’t actually use pencils, they found that biros worked perfectly well in weightlessness. (They didn’t work on tests upside down at 1g, hence the concerns that they might not work in space.) Also, to be fair, the space pen was a commercial product that NASA agreed to buy, not a NASA product that was commercialised… so the joke goes off in all sorts of weird directions if it works at all.
Agent54 almost 10 years ago
Now that is a GOOD idea and useful. Stop getting the darn thing wrapped around mailboxes, fences and trees. Get to work inventing it Greg.
cabalonrye almost 10 years ago
It’s called a shock collar. The dog gets too far away and… buzzz!
Plods with ...™ almost 10 years ago
training is a wonderful thing
Comic Minister Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Or not.
Hunter7 almost 10 years ago
Comments certainly went off on an interesting tangent. I refer all of you to Col. Chris Hadfield, astronaut. Canadian. Go to his Facebook page. Follow him. He is back on terra firma and retired, but only retired from going into space. pssst…. pick up his “You Are Here” book. See not earth, but Earth. Cool.
mbzylnf2 almost 10 years ago
I heard that the Russians didn’t actually use pencils, they found that biros worked perfectly well in weightlessness. (They didn’t work on tests upside down at 1g, hence the concerns that they might not work in space.) Also, to be fair, the space pen was a commercial product that NASA agreed to buy, not a NASA product that was commercialised… so the joke goes off in all sorts of weird directions if it works at all.