The billion dollar space pen ...

[Speedmaster]

I think Fisher Space pens are great, I always have one in my desk. And
an interesting bit of history here too.

The billion-dollar space pen
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One of the enduring urban legends of the space program is that NASA
spent millions, if not billions, of dollars developing a space pen,
while the Russians simply used a pencil. Dwayne Day explores the
origins of this myth and how NASA really came around to using a space
pen.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/613/1

Letter from NASA to the Fisher Space Pen Company
http://www.thespacereview.com/archive/613c.pdf

Chris
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