At 03:13 PM 09/15/1999 PDT, Philip Torrens wrote: >>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. > >Hi Steve, >Nope, you damn yankees didn't invent everything you know :-)! (I'm allowed >to slander yanks 'cause my mom was one!) >Check out http://www.velcro.com/htm/loop/invent.htm - not Canadian, not >American, but Swiss in origin. By the way, contrary to popular >misconception, Teflon was not a NASA invention either, although your >president seems to be making full use of it:-) Hi all! Well! If we "damn Yankees" don't invent it, we'll just have to steal it! I'm certain I remember reading an article a couple of years back hyping NASA's contributions to the world-at-large. Among many other items it designated as NASA developments was the hook -n- loop (I visited the above web site, they're adamant that the product isn't "Velcro") design. Can't remember if the article was a NASA publication or not, but I guess I'll have to see if I can find it again to satisfy my curiosity; it wouldn't be the first time a "Yank" organization garnered the glory (and incidental profits) from someone elses' hard work! Sorry to be responsible for the dissemination of misinformation; there's more than enough of that available on the web already without me adding my $.02! ByeBye! S. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Sep 16 1999 - 08:20:34 PDT
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