fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-22 days ago[Partially incorrect, see comments.] Pens in Spacemander.xyzimagemessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up11.45Karrow-down135
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minus-squarejqubed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoThe Soviets were using grease pencils IIRC before also switching to the Fisher Space Pen around 1969. The grease pencil eliminated the risk of graphite floating around but the writing quality isn’t great.
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The Soviets were using grease pencils IIRC before also switching to the Fisher Space Pen around 1969. The grease pencil eliminated the risk of graphite floating around but the writing quality isn’t great.