I have an idea for a new thread...

[Baldrick]

[Tumbleweed]

An oldie...

 

 

[Fruity]

Mondays.

 

[Fruity]

[Fruity]

[Allrounder]

chicken is safe, KFC is not chicken.... 

although very nice to eat sometimes (whatever it is)

[pista]

[CogitoErgoSum]

Soon to be the newest capie... "look ma no hands, look ma no teeth"

 

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[CyberSakkie]

 

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[Warren_G]

[Warren_G]

[DJR]

Reminded me of the space race between the Russians and the Americans, when I was a kid. The Americans spent a gazillion dollars to develop a pen that could write upside down, in space, and today we have the felt tip pen. The Russians simply used a pencil to do the same thing.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Reminded me of the space race between the Russians and the Americans, when I was a kid. The Americans spent a gazillion dollars to develop a pen that could write upside down, in space, and today we have the felt tip pen. The Russians simply used a pencil to do the same thing.

Unfortunately not true... Well, not entirely. Pencil is flammable, and the shavings / graphite could get into the spacecraft's systems, so a pen was a necessity. They both originally used pencils (mechanical ones) but needed a pen to avoid a fire like Apollo 1. 

 

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-nasa-spen/

Edited August 2, 2016 by Myles Mayhew

[Tumbleweed]

Reminded me of the space race between the Russians and the Americans, when I was a kid. The Americans spent a gazillion dollars to develop a pen that could write upside down, in space, and today we have the felt tip pen. The Russians simply used a pencil to do the same thing.

 

Somewhere near the end of this clip is a different take on a pencil being used in space...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8Mdkh8l8Ys

[bertusras]

Unfortunately not true...

 

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-nasa-spen/

 

http://i.imgur.com/W1XTdzf.jpg

[Eddy Gordo]

Unfortunately not true... Well, not entirely. Pencil is flammable, and the shavings / graphite could get into the spacecraft's systems, so a pen was a necessity. They both originally used pencils (mechanical ones) but needed a pen to avoid a fire like Apollo 1. 

 

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-nasa-spen/

Interesting, although A bright pink crayon would have been the solution or pencil crayon