Re:[FT] Ballpoints In Space

At 01:23  31/10/01 +1100, aebrain wrote:

> > >You'd realize this if you had a space program.  How
> > >else you do fill out paperwork in space?
> >
> > Like Beth says.....use a pencil ;)
>
>Actually... pencils are banned anywhere within cooee of the cleanroom 
>where FedSat is being assembled. Graphite dust is conductive, and until

>the gear is sealed in a protective coating, would be Bad News.
>
>Like all good stories regarding million-dollar toilet seats etc there
may 
>be method to the madness.

Well then, use a .........CRAYON :)

I can just imagine all that deadly serious mission report paperwork NASA
is 
famous for being completed in BRIGHT NEON COLOURS ;P

Derek

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