tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post5404192436679822536..comments2024-01-30T19:45:36.648+11:00Comments on Lounge of the Lab Lemming: Always use pencilC W Mageehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-5334740080924325842008-10-02T06:17:00.000+10:002008-10-02T06:17:00.000+10:00Pencils are good because you can fix mistakes much...Pencils are good because you can fix mistakes much more neatly and easily.<BR/><BR/>When I was a courier I always used gel pens, because they would write on wet paper. Pencils won't do that. It still runs a bit though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-89976139730453646452008-09-26T10:39:00.000+10:002008-09-26T10:39:00.000+10:00Chris, that's why they stopped using pencil. Some...Chris, that's why they stopped using pencil. Somebody blogged the whole story recently, but I can't remember where (might be in the space carnival archives, or Universe Today)...C W Mageehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-64727183291339817472008-09-26T10:00:00.000+10:002008-09-26T10:00:00.000+10:00I wonder about the effect of a broken-off pencil p...I wonder about the effect of a broken-off pencil point... conductive, floating... on spacecraft electronics. <BR/><BR/>Maybe the Russian electronics at the time were enough bigger than ours that they could get away with it. If we had 1 mm between wires and they had 3 mm, for example...?<BR/><BR/>ChrisChris Phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13368959552769808835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-84837718802867112562008-09-26T08:21:00.000+10:002008-09-26T08:21:00.000+10:00Reminds me of the semi-apocryphal story of the Ame...Reminds me of the semi-apocryphal story of the Americans spending millions on a pen that would write upside down and in space - and the Russians just using a pencil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-82248974032480373832008-09-26T05:59:00.000+10:002008-09-26T05:59:00.000+10:00What I love about my Rite in the Rain from field c...What I love about my Rite in the Rain from field camp is that the pages are smeared a little red from the Fountain formation dust out west. Makes me so nostalgic. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-23069999935395716082008-09-26T01:06:00.000+10:002008-09-26T01:06:00.000+10:00Ahh... I can see a few paper - fire - ethanol expe...Ahh... I can see a few paper - fire - ethanol experiments in the works!Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.com