Lateral thinking

[codgyoleracer]

During the initial space flights, NASA discovered that biro pens didn’t work under zero gravity conditions. To beat the problem, NASA spent 6 years and $2 million in designing a pen for use in space. The pen would work under zero gravity conditions due to the pressurised ink inside, it would work under sub zero conditions, underwater, on glass and virtually any surface known to man.







The Russians used a pencil.

[xwhatsit]

I always feel like such an arsehole posting these Snopes links... but I have a thing about Mythbusters and stuff like that lol. Snopes says:

Claim: NASA spent millions of dollars developing an "astronaut pen" which would work in outer space while the Soviets solved the same problem by simply using pencils.

Status: False.

Check out http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp

[steved]

I always feel like such an arsehole posting these Snopes links... but I have a thing about Mythbusters and stuff like that lol. Snopes says:

Claim: NASA spent millions of dollars developing an "astronaut pen" which would work in outer space while the Soviets solved the same problem by simply using pencils.

Status: False.

Check out http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp

I wouldn't feel bad. I enjoyed the Snopes explanation.

[codgyoleracer]

I,me pretty sure it was posted under jokes & humour.......let me check , ......Yes it was.

[Sniper]

I,me pretty sure it was posted under jokes & humour.......let me check , ......Yes it was.

I read it as a statement of fact regardless of where it was posted. Nothing to suggest that it was posted for humourous reasons

[codgyoleracer]

All good then, just list shit wherever you like members, subject matter has no bearing apparently

[xwhatsit]

Well I did say I felt like an arsehole debunking the joke, lol.

This one's quite a common one (stated as fact) on the email circuit, thought the Snopes link might be of interest.

[Sniper]

Well I did say I felt like an arsehole debunking the joke, lol.

This one's quite a common one (stated as fact) on the email circuit, thought the Snopes link might be of interest.

It was. No point having folk running all over the world saying them damn ruskies are smarter than them thar yanks

[kevfromcoro]

heres one for ya.. a guy is doing a round the world in a small air plane open cockpit thing..lets say the plane is doing 150 ks.. and a fly flys past him..how fast was the fly going 200 ks????dont know the answer.. the fly was inside the plane