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by idoh 1283 days ago
Other people covered it, but I happen to have a Fischer Space Pen on my desk right now so I'll take a shot. You don't want a pencil because bits can break off and make a mess, so you want a pen. The story with the Space Pen is that it has a pressurized cartridge so it works in space (I can't confirm whether other types of pens don't work).

Somewhat off topic, the Space Pen was researched 100% with private funds and both the US and USSR space programs bought them retail, in contrast to some of the stories floating around the internet.

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Kind of interesting. But I guess I’m more so asking whether people need to do a lot of writing in space. I would assume no?