THE AMERICAN WAY !

[Master Tech Dude]

The American Way
>>
>> Gotta love our tax-funded problem solving.
>>
>> When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly
>>discovered that ball-point pens would not work in 0 gravity. To combat
>>this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion developing a
>>pen that writes in 0 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. :oops:
>>
>> ( Dude)

PS. ...but what was the name of that Russian car???

[bruce]

Hey, I can relate, cause : when you are REALLY REALLY shmart ya can overlook the simply stuff, happens to me all the time :wink: bruce