Multi-million dollar scam goes on for decades.

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During the heat of the space race in the 1960s, the U.S. National Aero-

nautics and Space Administration decided it needed a ball point pen to

write in the zero gravity confines of its space capsules. After consid-

erable research and development, the Astronaut Pen was developed at a

cost of about US $1 million. 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.