Government hard at work?

[scrapper]

When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to 300 C. The Russians used a pencil.





God put me on earth to accomplish a certain number of things.
Right now I am so far behind, I will live forever.

 

[JB]

Re: Government hard at work?

Having spent some time in local government I can assure you that if you want to find something to gripe about there will be something there.

The case you quote above has been posted about 5 times and is a good example of how even seriously dedicated and hard working people can get it waaaaay wrong once in a while. The fact that it shows up so often is testimony to how rare those errors are.

Too bad we don't hear about the thousands of times they get it right, and on the first try.

 

[QC]

Re: Government hard at work?

Well we got a good Seinfeld episode out of it . . . "take the pen"

 

[Parrott_head]

Re: Government hard at work?

http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp

Good story with a good moral but more of an urban legend.

If you need a story about ineffectual government agencies FEMA seems to bear better fruit.

 

[QC]

Re: Government hard at work?

So let me get this straight. Private business identified an opportunity, spent their own money to develop a product to meet that opportunity, no grants, no gov't study, no political influence on the market. They just simply did it to maybe make a buck? Boy, were they dumb . . .

 

[scrapper]

Re: Government hard at work?

:/ OOps somebodys toes must be still smarting ! sorry to waste yer time exhulted one!>o

 

[Pony]

Re: Government hard at work?

You guys sure are good at wrecking the few jokes left in the DC

 

[cpj]

Re: Government hard at work?

Having spent some time in local government I can assure you that if you want to find something to gripe about there will be something there.

The case you quote above has been posted about 5 times and is a good example of how even seriously dedicated and hard working people can get it waaaaay wrong once in a while. The fact that it shows up so often is testimony to how rare those errors are.

Too bad we don't hear about the thousands of times they get it right, and on the first try.

Ever thought about taking up drinking to relax? Like 7 or 8 drinks, as opposed to one?