NASA's investment in Space

When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, They found out that the pens would'nt work at zero gravity.(ink wount flow down to the writing suface).

To solve this problem, It took them one Decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from Below freesing to over 300 degree C.

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And what did the Russians do....??????
They used a pencil ...