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minus-squareNathAlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-211 months agoThat urban legend is only sort-of true. NASA also used mechanical pencils at first, but they’re flammable. The money invested in the space pens wasn’t paid by NASA. And once the space pen was released, the Russians used it, too.
minus-squareThornburywitchlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoInteresting. Never knew the money wasn’t paid by NASA.
That urban legend is only sort-of true. NASA also used mechanical pencils at first, but they’re flammable. The money invested in the space pens wasn’t paid by NASA. And once the space pen was released, the Russians used it, too.
Interesting. Never knew the money wasn’t paid by NASA.