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Never let the truth get in the way of a really great story! :-)

---- Tortoise <Tortoise73 at charter.net> wrote: 
> That's an amusing story however it is mostly false.
> 
> The Fisher Space Pen was developed entirely Fisher at its own expense. 
> Fisher eventually sold them to NASA for a measly $2.95 each.
> 
> Both the Russians and NASA originally used lead pencils but the pencils 
> were too hazardous. Little pieces of lead would break off and could lodge 
> in astronauts' eyes or get into electrical equipment and short it. After 
> the Apollo 1 fire, NASA also wanted a writing instrument that would not 
> burn in the 100% oxygen atmosphere. Both the wood and the lead of a pencil 
> would burn.
> 
> see: http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp
> 
> Tortoise
> 
> <> Because truth matters! <>
> 
> On 12/26/10 10:18, CHUCK CHELIN wrote:
> > Good morning, Boot,
> >
> > I’m reminded of the early days of the manned space program when NASA spent a
> > ruinous amount of time and treasure developing a ball point pen that would
> > reliability function under all zero-G conditions.  The Russians, seeing
> > that, gave their cosmonauts a pencil.
> >
> 
> 
> 
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