Why astronauts use Space Pens and not pencils?
Posted By: Vikas Shekhawat | Apr 7 2006
The same question nagged my mind when I first heard of these funky space pens provided by Fisher. Actually, after the Apollo I fire, NASA was too skeptical to take pencils anymore with the crafts as the lead and wood can trigger fire in the pure oxygen atmosphere up there.
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So, the U.S. Government spent millions of dollars of taxpayer's money to develop this space pen that can operate upside down and can sustain extreme atmospheric conditions. Fischer developed the whole concept and sold it to NASA. Even you can get one, and pep up the astronaut in you, from AllWrite and that too with an unconditional lifetime warranty.
