Will ChabotNASA spent millions of dollars inventing the ball-point pen so they could write in space. The Russians took a pencil.
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The Russians have been known to take the most minimal of things for granted. In fact, they have been known to develop a whole industry based on being so cheap and so thrifty that they do not even have to be creative when it comes to making objects. This is often seen in their space program, where they would often develop things simply because all other countries had already done so. One of the most famous examples of this was the development of the "ball-point pen." The ball-point pen was developed by NASA in order for them to write in space.
However, after testing it out on earth, they were horrified by how expensive it was. Instead of wasting money on something that was useless, the Russians decided to use pencils instead. They did not even bother taking into consideration that pencils might be too hard to write on in space, but they were more than willing to spend their money on something else instead.
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