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Jan 11, 2018 1:43 PM
TheDaharMaster
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Send me nothing. I'm not bored.
MoonBaseClavius
Buzz Aldrin used a Flair felt-tip.
innagaddavidababy
I’m changing my username to snidemoron. I will be an Imgur GOD!
MimirBlue
Only if you promise to carefully post only falsehood.
dretastic
I actually met Alan Bean on a flight to Amarillo. Got him to sign one of his cards with my coworkers space pen. I got one now too.
Atlxpat
Pretty sure you can only say "snigga"
TonySlattery
Is this something Chris Hadfield ever debunked one way or the other?
opdeliversifrequested
Use a black colour pencil.
ProbablyAtWork
Crayola crayons would have worked, duh.
RenHero
Yeah, the Russians didn't learn graphite was bad until 1986. (Chernobyl had a graphite-moderated reactor.)
RocketFistTornado
Hooray for knowledge!
BuddahsBrother
Is the one about Russia drilling a hole through an American drill bit true? Please say it is...please.
dthvn
Motherfuckers could have used crayons...
AyeAyeRonAyeVilla
"In 1980, everyone was on fire! I did not know that." -Peter griffin
zlawlz
I have a fisher space pen that I bought from Johnson Space Center on my desk. I use it every day. It was 12 fuckin dollars.
sluglie
i have had a fisher space pen for about 20 years now and the thing is still going strong
NlessWonder
Graphite is only conductive in two dimensions, because it’s a plane.
karanperson
Can we just stop posting this one.
Curiousone545
Maybe once people stop bitching about NASA/space exploration, posts like this won't be necessary..
bigmeaniepants
I thought that too, but then I noticed the top comment is a TIL, so I guess it's still worth sharing after all.
Copperbrat
I give Fisher space pens as gifts. Still have both mine. Use them all the time and love em!
Xilir8
But what about a grease pencil?
Th1ng
can't just let professionals work with crayons in SPACE!
KharnApproves
I'm a Marine. You don't want to give us another thing to eat.
XnFM
The paper bits when you "shsrpen" it may be problematic.
Bigol284
It's the sandwich debacle all over again
TheOneTrueOpinion
ok so who is Fisher?
MrTummy
That's why I bought a legit Fisher pen because they are the titssssss
Shepsus
This is an oldie, but goodie, Robin William's joke is a joke, and I love the explanation.
Emracruel
Why was so much money put into ballpoint? Literally just make it a little wider and use an airtight spot with a spring pushing on it.
justareallylongemailaddress
TIL, thanks!
ProphetofEntropy
now both russia and nasa use felt pens.
bigmeaniepants
Honestly, as long as this is still new information for someone, I guess I'm glad it keeps getting reposted every few months. (not sarcastic)
butdontcallmeshirley
I mean it writes upside down, worth every pen-ny
randomoverusedcomment
Crayons boy
CometLaHal
yes please
dovebair
Boi
MorrighanWolf
Are very flamable. Light 1
sammyismycat
too melty!
mwrd
Same problem but with wax instead of graphite
CheshireCad
Not the same problems. But similar, equally bad ones.
stoler202
Since when is wax conductive?
SecondSince
It's not, but it will clog air filtration and similar systems.
miatapasta
Flammable. See the "light a candle without touching the wick after blowing it out" trick.
Andolomar
In small enough amounts, everything is conductive.
HighImpactSexualViolence
With enough voltage everything is a conductor.
ILikePugandFrenchiePictures
Couldn't you just replace graphite with something that behaved similar except isn't conductive?
MistressLyda
Yeah, I was thinking of those wax pencils kids uses, but firmer/thinner.
bluemofia
Like, a pen?
debunker
Like ... a pen?
ILikePugandFrenchiePictures
Was thinking more like a low conductivity clay binder mixed with dye.
TielKiri
A crayon?
saiboogu
Or a pen.
Hubb
They dont use pure oxygen, its explosive and an entire crew died in a fire that way. Still good point
eaglesquared
Oxygen isn’t explosive. It is accelerant. Makes other stuff more flammable.
matthewcw07
It is still used in spacesuits, otherwise astronauts would get the bends, and astronauts going on a space walk have to spend a day on the1/2
matthewcw07
Airlock's nitrogen poor environment to get it out of their system source:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest_Joint_Airlock
Flyndaran
It's also to allow 1/3 atmosphere pressure in suits. Full sea level pressure would make the joint immobile.
5TUP1D
They did before the apollo 1 fire.
WhatzitTooya
They still did, but used air during launch switching to pure oxygen later to reduce pressure to a 1/3rd.
MatadoR32
That's literally what the text says. Do you even read, bro?
debunker
The text literally says "pure oxygen environment of a capsule". Do you even read, bro?
MatadoR32
AND WHAT THE FUCK DOES IT SAY RIGHT AFTER THAT??? "AFTER THE FIRE IN APOLLO 1" WHICH IS INFAMOUS BECAUSE OF THE FIRE IN PURE OXYGEN CAPSULE
debunker
Relax and try to let your brain work. Re-read that guy's comment. He's pointing out the fact that it's NOT a pure oxygen environment.
924Carrera
I think he meant, "They don't use pure oxygen ANYMORE."
MimirBlue
“Snide morons on the internet never know what they are talking about.” - hallelujah brother! Say it again!
Furrybiped
It
Zyfrom
Louder for the people in the back!
goboltz
“Snide morons on the internet never know what they are talking about.” - hallelujah brother! Say it again!
softballguy
Snide morons on the internet never know what they are talking about.
DSGVO
Hallelujah brother. Say it again!
softballguy
Snide morons on the internet never know what they are talking about.
Macewindow54
Okay. We have said it enough times. Thanks. :)
libaf
No.
softballguy
Scryptnotist
Floating graphite powder around insanely complex circuits is probably not a good idea.
divitu
They weren't all that complex.
MrKnowItAll1903
As a snide Internet Moron, pencils are harmless in space!
StarryPlough
Yeah that's literally what it just said
AspieGamer
Russians used softer pencils, the kind that artists use to create a smudge effect.
NightPainPoe
Smudged or not, you still get dusted graphite floating around.
blunte
Grease pencils. And those had problems too. because they smudge.
RockPapersBeer
"So, readings of capsule of into space say: 46, ... 56? Nyet, 66! Or... Cyka blyat, Ivan, readings table looks like it's full of semetshki!"
Goodmerlinpeen
I suppose that is why they switched to the pen?
pyrodice
They weren’t as complicated as you imagine. No microchips or anything. Keep in mind they’d have been astonished by the inside of an Atari.
nanyatenyaa
It doesnt have to be a microchip to be complicated or easily compromised by graphite.
pyrodice
The components have to be close enough together for a graphite flake to bridge the gap, pre-chip makes that less common
malakim
Thing is, space capsules are hardly "insanely complex circuits". The moon lander had less calculating power than a current TI calculator
WhyDontYouMakeMe
Have you ever seen an Apollo capsule? They may not have been powerful, but damn were they extremely complicated machines
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root1657
Probably slower too. Ever see them old dude work a slide rule? Like math ninjas!
Kangarou
And was designed to land on the moon, an unparalleled feat at the time. Power != complexity.
idontlikepickingusername
Which probably made them more susceptible to reliability risks.
RheaButt
And that was all contained in a large complex space, full of exposed conductive material and wires
Leathlobhair
Hardware strength really has nothing to do with the effects of powdered graphite near critical system circuitry
burgonies
FriendlyNeighborhoodLoner
Why is this getting downvoted to oblivion? He's right!
FriendlyNeighborhoodLoner
Well, the circuits are complex, but the computers that ran them were not, by todays standards.
WhyDontYouMakeMe
"...the command module panels included 24 instruments, 566 switches, 40 event indicators, and 71 lights"
WhyDontYouMakeMe
They had at least 15 MILES of wire, and up to 30 miles on later missions
DefinitelyHungry
Even though you're wrong, what happens when some graphite creates a short and that shit stops working...
root1657
Maybe you die. Maybe a fire. Maybe a fire then you die.
saiboogu
Oh god oh god we're all gonna die? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBEUQSpRvSI
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Dogebert
R u calling them snide morons?
AwesomeTeddybear
ICarpeYourDiems
Damn. Got your graphite powder all over his circuits.
RamboUnit
ThePunishersVengefulBrother
Headshot!