Lostgallifreyan wrote:
wrote in :
You write like a starry eyed dreamer that believes long established
principals are going to go away simply by putting something in space.
Actually, no. My point has more to do with establishing precedent, aimed at
getting a mass public interested, so that a commercial market exists with
practical ideas for use. Many of the things we use on Earth like reliable
ballpoint pens, velcro, would not have got the same degree of interest or
development.
Nonsense.
Velcro was invented in 1948 and in extensive use well before there was
a real space program.
The ballpoint pen was invented in 1888 and in extensive use well before
there was a space program.
The "space" ballpoint pen was simply an ordinary pen build to tight
tolerances with a pressurized ink cartridge and they are a tiny
fraction of ballpoint pens sold every year as there is zero advantage
to them in gravity while being expensive.
Where do you get all this nonsense?
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Jim Pennino