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by urbandw311er 525 days ago
This feels like one of those “NASA spent millions developing a space pen, Russians took a pencil” moments.
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... which ignores the hazards of pencil shavings in a zero-g environment, especially the graphite, a good electrical conductor.
and that NASA did not spend millions on this. https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check/nasa-did-not-spen...