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Re:Waymo achieves 92% reduction in bodily injury claims comp... by JumpCrisscross on Friday December 20, 2024 @05:26AM (#42469830)
> Soviets using pencils wasn't a clever scrappy solution, it was an absolute nightmare for the Soviets

Note, too, that NASA didn't pay to develop the pen. Fisher did.

> If the Soviets had space pens, they would've switched to those in a heartbeat

Guess what cosmonauts use(d) on the ISS? (Qualified because I don't know post-2022.)

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Re:Waymo achieves 92% reduction in bodily injury claims comp... by gpderetta on Friday December 20, 2024 @06:06AM (#42470090)
> Guess what cosmonauts use(d) on the ISS? (Qualified because I don't know post-2022.)

I genuinely don't know. Do they use pencils still or switched to the space pen?

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Re:Waymo achieves 92% reduction in bodily injury claims comp... by Etheryte on Friday December 20, 2024 @06:17AM (#42470165)
The Soviets bought space pens from Fisher in 1969 [0] and have continued to use them ever since.

[0] https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check/nasa-did-not-spen...

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Re:Waymo achieves 92% reduction in bodily injury claims comp... by mulmen on Friday December 20, 2024 @02:23PM (#42474050)
Why the pop quiz? You’re not my professor, or even my TA. Just say what you mean.
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