Dr Kynes
Well-Known Member
the Fischer company developed their "Space Pen" THEMSELEVES!In the last three decades billions of tax dollars have been pumped into contracts AFTER it was known that the projects being funded were never going to be viable.
It's got far more to do with personal relationships within Congress than actual validity of project.
If your a Junior Senator sitting on a defence cuts panel and the most bloated and useless spending is in the area of a very powerful and influential member....
You're not going to make an enemy by doing what is economically sensible.
USA spent billons to design a zero gravity pen that would work in space.
USSR sent up cosmonauts with PENCILS.
America's extreme wealth has created a culture of 'appropriations sophistry'.
It's a form of welfare
But much of the funding ends up in the pockets of America's wealthiest citizens.
nasa didnt give em a dime save through purchasing their product for use in zero g.
space pens were developed for engineers, mechanics, and other cats who often need to write shit when upside down, or in conditions where a pencil just doesnt work.
huntin abalone, and need to fill out your tag as soon as you get out of the water with your catch?
fischer space pens write when wet, write on the waxed card, are indelible, and dont just scratch the card like a pencil does.
workin on a diesel engine, with oil, hydraulic fluid and shit everywhere, and need to make a note on a piece of tape to mark a bolt and it's location? space pens write through oil. pencils dont.
you are repeating a false talking point.
no govt funding went into0 developing that remarkable product.