1 time
They get it right 1 time, almost 60 years ago.
They get it right 1 time, almost 60 years ago.
See, they can get things right from time to time…..
See, they can get things right from time to time…..
Say what? $1.07 each when buying a box of 12. LINKAmazon has them for $15.
Each.
Like for ONE PEN.
Legally blind, but that doesn't mean totally blind. SSSC (the supply agency and stores for the military) is where we'd have to go to use our gov card for supplies. I asked the manager there about it and he said everyone working in all the SSSCs and LFB, etc, are legally blind including himself just not totally blind.
It's actually $.50 per pen, but close enough.What are they supposed to do with their heads? Bob and weave like Stevie Wonder?
My bad. I was operating last night on some serious pain stuff.
Oooops, I read it wrong last night.
Industries of the Blind turns out 2.8 million of the pens each year – they cost US$ 72 for 12 dozen – using a team of about 30 workers to assemble them from pre-ordered components. Every person who actually works on the pens is either seriously sight-impaired or is completely blind, said Oliver.
Correction, $2 per pen if'n my math is correct.
No, but I dont' see any totally blind people in that picture. Sometimes industries take advantage of programs to get additional funding.What are they supposed to do with their heads? Bob and weave like Stevie Wonder?
I typed that last night, recognized the possible repercussions, and thought I deleted it. Sorry for the attitude. Again, pain meds.No, but I dont' see any totally blind people in that picture. Sometimes industries take advantage of programs to get additional funding.
No worries. No offence taken.I typed that last night, recognized the possible repercussions, and thought I deleted it. Sorry for the attitude. Again, pain meds.
I can type in a reply, not hit send, delete the sentence, go to another thread, come back and the typing is back.
Russians used pencils. Work every time.
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During the first NASA missions the astronauts used pencils. For Project Gemini, for example, NASA ordered mechanical pencils in 1965 from Tycam Engineering Manufacturing, Inc., in Houston. The fixed price contract purchased 34 units at a total cost of $4,382.50, or $128.89 per unit. That created something of a controversy at the time, as many people believed it was a frivolous expense. NASA backtracked immediately and equipped the astronauts with less costly items. During this time period, Paul C. Fisher of the Fisher Pen Co. designed a ballpoint pen that would operate better in the unique environment of space. His new pen, with a pressurized ink cartridge, functioned in a weightless environment, underwater, in other liquids, and in temperature extremes ranging from -50 F to +400 F. Fisher developed his space pen with no NASA funding. The company reportedly invested about $1 million of its own funds in the effort then patented its product and cornered the market as a result. Fisher offered the pens to NASA in 1965, but, because of the earlier controversy, the agency was hesitant in its approach. In 1967, after rigorous tests, NASA managers agreed to equip the Apollo astronauts with these pens. Media reports indicate that approximately 400 pens were purchased from Fisher at $6 per unit for Project Apollo. The Soviet Union also purchased 100 of the Fisher pens, and 1,000 ink cartridges, in February 1969, for use on its Soyuz space flights. Previously, its cosmonauts had been using grease pencils to write in orbit. Both American astronauts and Soviet/Russian cosmonauts have continued to use these pens. Fisher continues to market his space pens as the writing instrument that went to the Moon and has spun off this effort into a separate corporation, the Fisher Space Pen Co. Steve Garber, NASA History Web Curator |
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