US vs USSR...

The Loony Bin ( loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk )
Thu, 5 Sep 1996 02:45:34 +0100


Hiya People...

Here's one from Alan, and how true it is...

Wishes & Dreams...

- ANDREA
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  ------- Forwarded foolishness follows -------
     
During  the heat of the space race in the 1960's, the U.S. National
Aeronautics and Space Administration decided it needed a ball point pen
to write in the zero gravity confines of its space capsules.  

After considerable research and development, the Astronaut Pen was
developed at a cost of $1 million U.S.  The pen worked and also enjoyed
some modest success as a novelty item back here on earth.
     
The Soviet Union, faced with the same problem, used a pencil.