Crazy NASA.....

[Guest Urbanhog]

I received this from my old school teacher whom we have since became good friends (I guess it's pretty unusual becoming mates with ex-teachers uh? )

 

The Difference between Focus on Problems and Focus on Solutions:

 

When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the

pens wouldn't work at zero gravity (ink won't flow down to the writing

surface).

 

In order to solve this problem, they hired Andersen Consulting (Accenture

today). It took them one decade and US$12,000,000. They developed a pen

that worked at zero gravity, upside down, under water, in practically any

surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to

over 300 degrees C.

 

The Russians used a pencil ...

 

Keep it simple and life is too easy to worry.

[Guest OzsydNON-MEMBER]

12 mil that is sad

[Brainstorm]

Pretty typical story of how government departments work! You know those 'O' rings that failed on the shuttle that blew up? you can buy them in a store for about 50c each, NASA paid about $2 a piece for them if I remember the story correctly!