In the early days of the American space program,
NASA received reports from the astronauts that their
pens would not write in space.
Ball points, fountain pens, even quills, nothing worked!
So NASA contacted the people
who had supplied the pens and made money available for
the production of a pen
which would write in space.
Eventually, thousands of dollars later,
a suitable pen was produced, incorporating a small gas
filled cylinder
which propelled the ink out of the pen. It worked both
in space and underwater.
The problem was solved, albeit at a great expense.
Many years later, when co-operation with the Russians
was established,
it occured to someone at NASA to ask how the Russians
had solved the problem.
There was no problem, they said, we used a pencil.
ศัพท์น่ารู้(จู้ฮุกกรู)
astronaut (n) มนุษญ์อวกาศ, นักบินอวกาศ
propel (V) ผลัก, ขับดัน
expense (n) ค่าใช้จ่าย
establish (V) จัดตั้ง
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