NASA spent millions developing a pen that could write in space
This myth is often cited when comparing NASA to the Soviet space agency. Basically, people like to point out that the cosmonauts had enough good sense to simply bring pencils with them. The truth, however, is that NASA used pencils too. In fact, NASA never even developed the “space pen”. It was a private company, the Fisher Pen Company. Later on both Americans and Soviet’s began using the new anti-gravity pen.