Misc Jokes

Stories from the Space Race

During the heat of the space race in the 1960's, the U.S.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration decided it
needed a ball point pen to write in the zero gravity confines
of its space capsules. After considerable research and
development, the Astronaut Pen was developed at a cost of
about $1 million U.S. 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.