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YODA
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When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 Billion to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to 300C. The Russians used a pencil.
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SaiFightsMS
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Hey I used to have a space pen. Wonder what the Russians did with the pencil shavings and the problem with the way pencil tends to blur.
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kicker
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Well you know i am thinking right now NASA just wasted their time and money. I don't think they well get that money back inless they sell it for like 5 000 dallors then maybe in a long time they might 
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YODA
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Dunno what the Ruskies did about their pencil shavings Sai- but they had 11.999 Billion dollars of change with which to find out
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Taikudo-ka
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Joined: 20 Mar 2002
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Location: Australia
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Use once of those pencil sharpeners with a cannister attached to catch the savings.
Funds now remaining
11.998 billion dollars.
Welcome to the Russian space program.
Sending a satellite around the moon but don't have a transmitter to track it? No problem, just leak the information to the British astronomers, sit back, then read all about how successful you were in the British press next morning... plus you get free international propoganda.
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Taikudo-ka
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Actually this could start a whole line of "What was the difference between the American and Russian space program?" type jokes.
i.e.
America - spent millions developing special freeze dried foods, meals in a tube and space food sticks.
Russia - packed a few kranskies and some rye bread and was right to go.
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[CT]pizzaboy
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As a wise man once said; Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, DAMMIT. Pardon but he had a speech impediment.
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