Is the story true that the US spent millions developing a space pen while the Russians used a simple pencil? - Quora
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Parul Kumar on X: "For all the #3idiots fans in & outside #india on space pen NASA spent $1.2 billion to develop a pen. Russian just used a pencil #WorkSmart https://t.co/Mh65yNrLVM" /
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