11 April 2016, 20:28
nvmichaelThis says it all
When NASA started sending astronauts into space, they quickly discovered that ball-point pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 million developing a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside-down, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to over 300 C.
The Russians used a pencil.
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11 April 2016, 21:10
vashperYes, but the pencils were not the usual graphite, but wax one. Graphite dust in zero gravity can even be dangerous.
12 April 2016, 04:18
69deerCrayola has something that should work
12 April 2016, 04:38
GrenadierColored pencils are wax based, even the black color.