No, they did not. Fisher, the company which make the space pen, developed it themselves and sell it to NASA at the same price they sell it at retail. The space

No, they did not. Fisher, the company which make the space pen, developed it themselves and sell it to NASA at the same price they sell it at retail. The space pen is decent in the sense that it writes very reliably, but it's not a particularly good pen overall, especially for the price.