Chrome Plated Bullet Space Pen
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Used on U.S. Space Shuttle missions
This amazing pen that cost over $2 Million to develop, comes in a stylish black presentation box, making it an ideal executive gift. The secret behind the Fisher Space Pen lies in the unique design characteristics of the ink, and the high precision manufacturing tolerances of the ball-point and socket.
The ink is fed to the ball point by gas pressure, permitting the pen to write in any position. An additional benefit of the closed design is that it keeps the pen from drying out, giving the Fisher Space Pen an estimated 100 year life.
This statement from NASA after Armstrong and Aldrin returned from the Moon illustrates the vital role the pen plays in U.S. Space Shuttle missions.
If it hadn’t been for the Fisher Space Pen, the astronauts might still be up there on the moon. A life support back pack bumped against an arming switch which was to have activated the jet engines to take them up to the Apollo above. Ground control knew that the astronauts had dispensed with their tools earlier, to save on weight, so they instructed Aldrin to retract the nib of his Fisher Space Pen and use the hollow end to flip the broken switch. The engines ignited and allowed them a safe return to the Apollo and on back home to earth.
Here are the results of different pens writing on wet paper, just to give you a taster of the Bullet Space Pen’s superior characteristics:
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Chrome Plated Bullet Space Pen…
Used on U.S. Space Shuttle missions
This amazing pen that cost over $2 Million to develop, comes in a stylish black presentation box, making it an ideal executive gift. The secret behind the Fisher Space Pen lies in the unique design characteristics of…
Or you could use a pencil…
HAHAHAHA THE AMERICANS DESING A PEN THAT COST ALMOST 2 MILLIONS TO WRITE IN GOOD QUALITY IN THE SPACE …THE RUSSIANS USED A PENCIL….COST: LESS THAN ONE DOLLAR…..
use a fucking pencil.
Yeah, great. The government spent $2 million to make a pen. The Russians in space? They used a pencil.
The Russians used a pencil.
We spent $2Mil developing this pen, while other space programs use… PENCILS.
Why didnt they just use a pencil lol? I’m pretty sure that would work in space.
Russian used pencil instead.
Hahaha…. maybe you know the story of what the Russians did…. they used pencil! :)):)):))
The Russians saved millions then - they took pencils!
Neat stuff, I had no idea it was going to be available to the public. Maybe the will recoup the cost of developing such an extravagant pen.
clever - but why not use a pencil instead?
While this pen is a pretty amazing piece of engineering…why didn’t we do the same thing the russians did and just use pencils?
Use a pencil.
Are fricken-
ITS CALLED A PENCIL.
Apparently the Russians thought a pencil worked ok.
You know pencils write in any position, don’t dry out, don’t cost 2 million US$ to develop.
Its a cool pen: but the 2 million cost to NASA is an urban myth. Fisher Pen developed the concept and gave it to NASA (and the world). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_Space_Pen
To continue what Andrew Ward posted: The Russians also used this pen after it was introduced.
The original set was given to NASA for free, and NASA said not that long ago that in the intervening years, they haven’t spent close to $2,000,000 buying the pens, let alone developing them.
There are numerous reasons pencils are a bad thing to be using in a spacestation.
-They’re much more flammable.
-They constantly need to be sharpened.
-Pieces of lead can break off, posing(yes, this sounds silly) a threat to machinery.
Among other things.
The Russians also read the other comments before they posted the exact same thing that’s already been said 15 times.
In America you call it money… In Mother Russia we have no money!
I can see how you would think it’s a waste