*Your Tax Dollars*


When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that
ball-point pens would not work in zero 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.

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Originally posted by Dj Dovla *Your Tax Dollars* When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ball-point pens would not work in zero 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.

Hi,

Sorry but according to www.snopes.com that is an urban legend!
It's a made up story. Check out the other "interesting" stuff on snopes.com

Emil

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Originally posted by whiskers pulp is gross, it feels like i'm swallowing someone's load

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I want a pen like that!

Are ANY of you going into space anytime soon? Yeah, that's what I thought.

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Originally posted by Dj Dovla *Your Tax Dollars* When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ball-point pens would not work in zero 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.

LMFAO!!!!!!!!



that has to be the funniest thing i have ever heard!!!!!

watch all the patrotic americans get all defensive now!

thankyou brightening up my day!

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i am sure that our government has wasted money on stupider things than that.

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Originally posted by DuMonde TrAnCeR LMFAO!!!!!!!! that has to be the funniest thing i have ever heard!!!!! watch all the patrotic americans get all defensive now! thankyou brightening up my day!

Stop bashing America you damn Brit. Go drink some tea you wanker!!!!!





























HAHA, j/k
I agree...Americans are stupid

thats a classic

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Originally posted by tranceDJ go drink some tea you wanker!!!!! HAHA, j/k I agree...Americans are stupid

hehe i didnt say they were stupid, over patriotic/on a high horse is what i meant.



and besides, maybe i like to drink tea and wank









...not at the same time of course! it would spill





the tea i mean...

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ewww.....
u better be talking about the tea...


and i heard that joke before too
i had a good laugh
hehe

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Originally posted by Orbax I want a pen like that!

you CAN get a pen that works anywhere. the story IS true, there really IS a space pen, but it didn't cost 12 billion bux to develop. that's just ridiculous.

i saw it in a magazine once, you can order it from somewhere. its just a pen that has a pressurized ink tube thingy, so that the ink comes out even in zero gravity, or upside down. but its just one of those things that people with small penises and too much money buy. a 25 cent bic pen works just fine on earth, =P.

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