In a message dated 9/15/99 4:35:01 PM Central Daylight Time, jernigan_at_chester.uccs.edu writes: Actually, I think velcro is a NASA invention, developed originally to keep tools and other materials from wondering off in a zero-G environment. You would be amazed at the number of everyday technologies that are NASA spin-offs! Your tax dollars at work! ByeBye! S. Velcro was invented by Georges de Mestral a Swiss scientist who, after finding how difficult it was to remove the burr of the burdock plant from his clothing and his dog's fur, examined the burrs under a microscope and figured out how to reproduce the hooked shape of the burr and came up with Velcro. (Vel for velvet and Cro for crochet which is French for "hook"). From Velcro Corp's web page which was recently visited in helping my kid do a project on the Burdock plant. Good discussion on tethers, I hope it is being archived on the Paddlewise site. Dan Williams *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Sep 15 1999 - 15:14:27 PDT
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