How to Debug Your Battery

Re:How to Debug Your Battery by tomtranter on Sunday July 28, 2024 @12:28PM (#41094200)

Nice! I love the simple approach like the story which I'm not sure if it's true or not that NASA spent $$$ developing an ink pen that would work in zero-g and the Russians used a pencil.

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Re:How to Debug Your Battery by sitkack on Sunday July 28, 2024 @01:31PM (#41094588)

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-write-stuff/

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Re:How to Debug Your Battery by Max-q on Sunday July 28, 2024 @03:33PM (#41095411)

The Russians used a simple, standard ballpoint pen, so the story is not true

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Re:How to Debug Your Battery by pkaye on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @12:36AM (#41106075)

The Russians eventually ended up using the same pen that NASA did. It pen was developed by a private company and sold to both of them at $2.39/ea.

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Re:How to Debug Your Battery by vgivanovic on Sunday July 28, 2024 @01:18PM (#41094509)

Hmmm. What about the pencil shavings? Makes me wonder if the story is true.

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Re:How to Debug Your Battery by 10u152 on Monday July 29, 2024 @03:47AM (#41098613)

Aerosolised conductive dust (carbon) is not something you want on a spaceship

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Re:How to Debug Your Battery by rfdave on Sunday July 28, 2024 @04:57PM (#41095912)

That's an urban legend. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-n...

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Re:How to Debug Your Battery by tomtranter on Sunday July 28, 2024 @05:15PM (#41096017)

Yeah I thought so but like most legends contains a kernel of truth and is certainly worth remembering for the lesson. Reminds me of the midwit meme https://www.ycombinator.com/library/IW-dalton-michael-elon-m...

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