Science/Tech

Ballpoint Pens Do Not Work in Zero Gravity

Posted on February 14, 2011. Filed under: Science/Tech |

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 [...]

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