Your Taxes To Good Use

["Pandamonium"]

When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ball-point pens would not work in zero gravity.
To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion developing a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to over 300° C.
The Russians used a pencil.
Enjoy paying your taxes.

Panda say's it's sad but true!!!

[DMC12]

"Land of the free and home of the brave" just sounded better when they left off "for a price".

Believe me, I'm trying to find another country to live in, so no "love it or leave it" comments...

[YellowMaranello]

I've seen these pens for sale in random places. Theyre always on glass displays that, of course, have been written all over.

[TerminalVelocity]

hahhahahhahah/...I feel cheated

.....off to work...time to pay for pens and hookers :bandit:

[Damien]

HEY!!! I have one of those pens!

















But I don't pay taxes..............yet

[ArtemisEntreriR34]

Originally posted by "Pandamonium"
When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ball-point pens would not work in zero gravity.
To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion developing a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to over 300° C.
The Russians used a pencil.
Enjoy paying your taxes.

Panda say's it's sad but true!!!

OMFG LOL! :hehe:

[sarujin]

12 Billion dollars?
thats 12,000,000,000 dollars,

I've heard this story, and it is true. But 12Bil is pushing it a bit, i can believe the americains would spend alot of money on a pen, but it would still be in the millions, defintly not the billions.

sarujin

[TerminalVelocity]

pork barrel

most probally went to other side projects of senators etc.

[Ando_Rules]

lol , those russians arent so dumb eh,

[Ssom]

Originally posted by Damien
HEY!!! I have one of those pens!

I'll be the second to admit that- they are still pretty good pens, but it is getting on and I am probably going to replace it when I go the States in Septamber

Still bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha just proves that the developing world thinks with thier heads - not thier wallets like the Yanks