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and thin paper shavings = space kindling. the entire argument is fucking dumb.

perhaps the sovs gnawed their pencils sharp and consumed all the graphite fragments and shavings lol. good lil soviet space beavers

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kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
If I remember correctly, the Soviet engines were a lot harder to short out, so pencils weren’t as big a problem in their spacecraft.

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- mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  the Soviet engines were a lot harder to short out,
  
  bwahaha this is idiotic. anyone familiar with the long litany of rocket failures out of baiknor knows their engines weren’t ‘harder to short out’ whatever silly shit you mean with it.
  
  short out what? the alternator? bwahahahahaahahahaha
  
  short out the fuse box? dear god, I’m dying here
  
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jqubed@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The Soviets were using grease pencils IIRC before also switching to the Fisher Space Pen around 1969. The grease pencil eliminated the risk of graphite floating around but the writing quality isn’t great.

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