Also it's not even true. NASA was using mechanical pencils and grease pencils which both had issues. Fisher spent a million dollars of private money to develop

Also it's not even true. NASA was using mechanical pencils and grease pencils which both had issues. Fisher spent a million dollars of private money to develop the space pen and then sold them on the public market and to NASA for $2.95. But the story of needless government waste is just too good. Edit: whoops I should have clicked your link before replying