Ponder This

[dj_zyx]

When NASA first started sending astronauts into space, 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, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to over 300 degrees C.

The Russians used a pencil.
Americans Enjoy paying your taxes.
They are due soon...

[stringbeans]

thats hard to believe.. any proof?

[Carrie]

you need proof that the americans spend money on dumb things?

[stringbeans]

with an accusation of such magnitude i'd have to see some sources before believing it

oh, did you also know that canada spends $5 billion dollars each year to fund research to find alternatives to maple syrup?

[crookedking]

i got that email a long Time ago.

i also have one of those pens :)

[crookedking]

Originally posted by stringbeans
with an accusation of such magnitude i'd have to see some sources before believing it

oh, did you also know that canada spends $5 billion dollars each year to fund research to find alternatives to maple syrup?

i hear they're close to making a discovery.

[Antenna_Boy]

^ I guess they discovered that it was a waste of money to develpo such a pen, if it ever exists

[Antenna_Boy]

^that money probably was not spent on a pen, just kick backs to all the NASA workers..now those scientists are ballers :smoke1:

[dj_zyx]

yeah I think Nasa is done developing it heres the results

[mapleleaf4ever]

I've seen these pens before... You can get them at Cosmodome in Montreal. Just goes to show that the Russians are more practical than "pretty". :keebler: Zal Rodina!

[hardstylin]

go russia!!

fucking stupid americans

[Josie]

Originally posted by hardstylin
go russia!!

fucking stupid americans

toke the words right out of my mouth...*shakes head* to americans

[Crazy_Cat_Lady]

wow. american's never cease to suprise me.

[Jblaze]

What the fuck , that is so unbelievably stupid if its true...

[inkster]

why are you all condeming the americans for this? haven't you ever thought that a pencil would cause trouble due to the bits of graphite that would flake off and float around in microgravity? or the mess that an eraser would leave? or the issue of sharpening them, and keeping the waste contained?

[neoh]

heh. ^^^ no shit.

Well, BC spends $40,000 of tax money a year so a choir can sing before their counsel meetings.

fucking asses.