What would Feynman do?
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Reminds me of that story about writing in space. NASA spent millions of dollars developing a pen that can work in space, but the Russians just used a pencil. That's not true, but still funny (much like that Feynman interview). :)
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Also, I wonder how Feynman would do if presented with this problem.
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Reminds me of that story about writing in space. NASA spent millions of dollars developing a pen that can work in space, but the Russians just used a pencil. That's not true, but still funny (much like that Feynman interview). :)
No, they didn't. Pencils in space are a very bad idea. The nib breaks off and you have a conductor floating around a spaceship. They just used normal biros which work perfectly well in space owing to the capillary effect.
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Feynman would play the bongos, then chat up the topless barmaid before sketching a portrait of her! What a man!
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No, they didn't. Pencils in space are a very bad idea. The nib breaks off and you have a conductor floating around a spaceship. They just used normal biros which work perfectly well in space owing to the capillary effect.
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Sorry but you're both wrong. Nasa and the Soviet space program initially used pencils (the Soviets also used grease pens/slates). Fisher developed the pen independently and sold it to both space agencies and the generally public at a profit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Pen#Uses_in_the_U.S._and_Russian_space_programs[^]
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Sorry but you're both wrong. Nasa and the Soviet space program initially used pencils (the Soviets also used grease pens/slates). Fisher developed the pen independently and sold it to both space agencies and the generally public at a profit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Pen#Uses_in_the_U.S._and_Russian_space_programs[^]
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That's why I said "That's not true" in my post. :)