Urban myth that NASA spent millions on a pen that would write in space
"This tale with its message of simplicity and thrift--not to mention a failure of common sense in a bureaucracy -- floats around the Internet, hopping from in-box to in-box, and even surfaced during a 2002 episode of the West Wing. But, alas, it is just a myth ..."
Scientific American
(Found this in The Universe Today page in the Almanac's Scriptorium.)
Tagged: urban+legends, usa, ussr, space, folklore
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