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BostX
on Oct 11, 2013
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The myth of NASA's expensive space pens
I can imagine Russians let the Americans invent the pen and then just stole it. Total costs much much smaller anyway :)
ShawnBird
on Oct 11, 2013
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Except that it was a private company that invented the pen and then sold it to the Russians and the Americans and even to the public. I am sure they have made back their $1million investment a couple times over.
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