Pen=Write upside dwn...Wtf?

[God On Alcohol]

was watching seinfeld few days ago, and he got a pen that could write upside dwn...wtf? is that possible?

 

[jcovercash]

 

[Tu13erhead]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[iamwiz82]

"What kind of pen is that?"
"This pen?"
"Yeah."
"This is an astronaut pen. It writes upside down. They use this in space."

 

[robothouse77]

let me see if i can do this right:
L

O

L

 

[aberdeen5]

Yes.

 

[xrax]

NASA developed a pen because normal ball point pens wont work in zero gravity.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Fisher Space Pen

 

[Auryg]

Originally posted by: xrax
NASA developed a pen because normal ball point pens wont work in zero gravity.

And there's a good quote about how the russians just used pencils

 

[Compnewbie01]

Originally posted by: xrax
NASA developed a pen because normal ball point pens wont work in zero gravity.

Pencil ftw?

 

[Gunslinger08]

Originally posted by: Auryg

Originally posted by: xrax
NASA developed a pen because normal ball point pens wont work in zero gravity.

And there's a good quote about how the russians just used pencils

Yeah, seriously.. just use a pencil. Or a pen with a very low pressure spring inside pushing the ink.

 

[Tu13erhead]

Originally posted by: Auryg

Originally posted by: xrax
NASA developed a pen because normal ball point pens wont work in zero gravity.

And there's a good quote about how the russians just used pencils

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

 

[TuxDave]

^^^ AHHH... j00 bastages, I had that same link.

 

[Trey22]

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: Auryg

Originally posted by: xrax
NASA developed a pen because normal ball point pens wont work in zero gravity.

And there's a good quote about how the russians just used pencils

i believe it went something like

nasa spent 3 billion dollars on researching a pen that can write upside down. wanna know what russia did ... used a pencil.

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: xrax
NASA developed a pen because normal ball point pens wont work in zero gravity.

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

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

Fisher did ultimately develop a pressurized pen for use by NASA astronauts (now known as the famous "Fisher Space Pen"), but both American and Soviet space missions initially used pencils, NASA did not seek out Fisher and ask them to develop a "space pen," Fisher did not charge NASA for the cost of developing the pen, and the Fisher pen was eventually used by both American and Soviet astronauts.

 

[MX2]

"Do me a personal favor...take the pen"

 

[BrokenVisage]

STELLA!!

 

[alien42]

Originally posted by: joshsquall

Originally posted by: Auryg

Originally posted by: xrax
NASA developed a pen because normal ball point pens wont work in zero gravity.

And there's a good quote about how the russians just used pencils

Yeah, seriously.. just use a pencil. Or a pen with a very low pressure spring inside pushing the ink.

pencils produce waste which is unwanted in space. from lead dust to wood shavings.

 

[robothouse77]

Originally posted by: alien42

Originally posted by: joshsquall

Originally posted by: Auryg

Originally posted by: xrax
NASA developed a pen because normal ball point pens wont work in zero gravity.

And there's a good quote about how the russians just used pencils

Yeah, seriously.. just use a pencil. Or a pen with a very low pressure spring inside pushing the ink.

pencils produce waste which is unwanted in space. from lead dust to wood shavings.

also: pencil lead smudges when touched...

 

[Midlander]

Originally posted by: alien42

Originally posted by: joshsquall

Originally posted by: Auryg

Originally posted by: xrax
NASA developed a pen because normal ball point pens wont work in zero gravity.

And there's a good quote about how the russians just used pencils

Yeah, seriously.. just use a pencil. Or a pen with a very low pressure spring inside pushing the ink.

pencils produce waste which is unwanted in space. from lead dust to wood shavings.

Mechanicl pencil?

 

[coolred]

The story of the space pen is in my sig,

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: robothouse77

Originally posted by: alien42

Originally posted by: joshsquall

Originally posted by: Auryg

Originally posted by: xrax
NASA developed a pen because normal ball point pens wont work in zero gravity.

And there's a good quote about how the russians just used pencils

Yeah, seriously.. just use a pencil. Or a pen with a very low pressure spring inside pushing the ink.

pencils produce waste which is unwanted in space. from lead dust to wood shavings.

also: pencil lead smudges when touched...

Pretty simple to solve.. Use mechanical pencils an high hardness lead like we did in my field techniques geography class.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: joshsquall

Originally posted by: Auryg

Originally posted by: xrax
NASA developed a pen because normal ball point pens wont work in zero gravity.

And there's a good quote about how the russians just used pencils

Yeah, seriously.. just use a pencil. Or a pen with a very low pressure spring inside pushing the ink.

A spring to push a liquid?

I believe it uses a compressed gas to force the ink out. And I'm pretty sure it was developed by a private company for another purpose, using it in space was just a nice bonus.

Dang, beaten to it. It's a funny joke though.

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

Originally posted by: robothouse77

Originally posted by: alien42

Originally posted by: joshsquall

Originally posted by: Auryg

Originally posted by: xrax
NASA developed a pen because normal ball point pens wont work in zero gravity.

And there's a good quote about how the russians just used pencils

Yeah, seriously.. just use a pencil. Or a pen with a very low pressure spring inside pushing the ink.

pencils produce waste which is unwanted in space. from lead dust to wood shavings.

also: pencil lead smudges when touched...

yeah, they didn't care about graphite/wood shavings. They considered it good practice writing permanent notes in ink