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Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: In 1965 NASA spent $1.5 million developing a pressurized…

Q: In 1965 NASA spent $1.5 million developing a pressurized ballpoint pen for astronauts, while the Soviets opted to just use pencils.

A: Fiction. A pressurized ballpoint pen known as the Fisher Space Pen was invented in 1965 by Paul Fisher, at a personal cost of over $1 million, and both U.S. and Russian astronauts have been using them ever since.

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