Comments on: What do GM crops and the NASA space pen have in common?

By: GM food – safe enough for Africans, but not for us « by Jeremy Williams « Treenex

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:06:26 +0000

[...] food is like finding someone trying to read in the dark and giving them night-vision goggles instead of a candle. Those promoting it are asking the wrong questions, and presupposing that the answer is better [...]

By: GM food – safe enough for Africans, but not for us « MAKE WEALTH HISTORY

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:34:21 +0000

[...] food is like finding someone trying to read in the dark and giving them night-vision goggles instead of a candle. Those promoting it are asking the wrong questions,and pre-supposing that the answer is better [...]

By: Europe’s ban on GM is not the reason for hunger in Africa « MAKE WEALTH HISTORY

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:08:13 +0000

[...] What do GM and the NASA space pen have in common? [...]

By: p.s.s.g.thivakar

p.s.s.g.thivakar — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:45:29 +0000

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By: p.s.s.g.thivakar

p.s.s.g.thivakar — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:45:01 +0000

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By: anon

anon — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:36:07 +0000

The reason for the zero g pen was that tiny fragments of the lead break off a pencil when used. In zero g these float around forever. Conductive particles floating around – just the think to cause short circuits.

So Nasa put out a tender. The chap who invented the space pen did it with his own money. Nasa bought them at the off the shelf price – a few dollars. He made his money by selling the Space Pen “Used by NASA” to the general public.

The Russians now use the pens, by the way.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_pen

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:01:12 +0000

I agree, why fix whats not broken(and the zero gravity pen really does make me laugh every time). When you actually think about it, its a completely ludicrous idea. We are so rubbish and handling food and water in a sustainable way, so we seek “super” foods to live up to our wasteful lifestyle. We need to use our resources better, not make them bigger. Distribute them evenly.
Its also stupid because the whole world and economics is built, and relies on nature and the environment (at some stage). Now we seem to think that its not good enough anymore, despite managing fine up till now. . . i think that says a lot not only about our attitude to the environment, but how wasteful we are.