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Re:What happens when you wring out a washcloth in space [video] by Cthulhu_ on Friday April 19, 2013 @01:13PM (#5577658)
Reminds me of that famous anecdote where NASA invested a million in developing a pen that could write in zero G, while the Russians used a pencil.
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Re:What happens when you wring out a washcloth in space [video] by jcl on Friday April 19, 2013 @04:37PM (#5578594)
A fictional anecdote, FWIW:

http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp

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Re:What happens when you wring out a washcloth in space [video] by andrewflnr on Friday April 19, 2013 @02:57PM (#5578141)
Apparently, graphite shavings in air filters are bad news. One has to wonder if nice mechanical pencils would be too bad, though.
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