JD Rogers wrote: > On 9/20/06, Chris Hill <ubergeek at ubergeek.tv> wrote: > > Without space shuttles we wouldn't have velcro. > > Really!? I thought it was some Swiss guy who came up with the idea in > the 50's while pulling burrs out of his dog. Close: Velcro was invented in 1948 by Georges de Mestral, a Swiss engineer.