From: dadoctah@spamcop.net   
      
   Mark Shaw filted:   
   >   
   >"During the heat of the space race in the 1960s, the US National   
   >Aeronautics and Space Administration decided it needed a ballpoint   
   >pen to write in the zero gravity confines of its space capsules.   
   >After considerable research and development, the Astronaut Pen was   
   >developed at a cost of approximately $1 million US. The pen worked   
   >and also enjoyed some modest success as a novelty item back here   
   >on earth. The Soviet Union, faced with the same problem, used a   
   >pencil."   
   >   
   >  - from Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier   
      
   Pretty sure I remember Sagan telling exactly the same story back in the   
   day....r   
      
      
   --   
   Me?  Sarcastic?   
   Yeah, right.   
      
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