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Originally Posted by WillAdams
Actually, the Fisher space pen was developed by a private company which then sold them to NASA (at very reasonable prices). It was a serious safety issue since a broken off bit of graphite from a pencil could've wreaked havoc w/ the electrical systems.
William
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The Soviet Union (which had vastly more experience of manned spaceflight than the USA) used pencils. Worked just fine for them.