Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Quite true - I didn't write that it cost NASA anything :-) Douglas Marc James Small wrote: > At 08:57 AM 1/14/2007, Douglas Sharp wrote: > >Bill, > >On an amusing note, a recent TV commercial here showed a ball-point pen > >designed and developed for NASA at a cost of millions, and able to write > >in a vacuum and weightless environment - as a comparison they showed the > >Russian counterpart - a graphite pencil. :-) > >Like Ted Grant always says KISS. > > Douglas > > This pen cost NASA nothing. It was a gift from the civilian > manufacturer who simply wanted a NASA endorsement for their advertizing. > > Marc > > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information