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Originally posted by Puppy Raiser:
Taxes...
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 million
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 100 C. ...
The Russians used a pencil.
Enjoy paying your taxes -- they're coming due again soon.
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Sometimes the simple approach works best (and should be considered first). But those were the heady days of NASA, when they ate up 5 or 7% of the national budget...
...and sheez, if a writing instrument cost $12 million to develop, how much did the TANG cost??
