On Sat, 2003-10-25 at 05:51, Andrew Case wrote:
> Even if there was, the solution is still not to have a fancy 0g pen.
> Use a pencil, crayon, or felt tip marker. The whole "space pen" idea is
> a triumph of engineering over common sense. This solution also works
> for writing upside down. IIRC the early Russian flights used pencils -
> don't know what they use now.
Not sure, but they dropped pencils real fast. Pencils release small
amounts of graphite dust as they write... which is a serious problem in
microgravity. It tends to float about and short out electronics.
-p
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