![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" / 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" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7B2mWwWkAAjSSr.jpg:large)
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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Vintage 1960s Soviet Russian Space Cosmos Spaceship Pencil - Etsy in 2023 | Vintage soviet, Space theme, Soviet
Why did the US Space program spend so much money creating pens that could write in space while the Russians just used pencils? - Quora
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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