WTF Fun Fact – Space Pen

The specially created NASA Space Pen is used instead of a simple pencil because the graphite contained in pencils is conductive and can cause short circuits and potentially fires. WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_in_space


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  1. Point of order it is called a Fisher Space Pen (Fisher designed and sold the pens to NASA and the Russian Space Program at market rates)

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