Can your pen write upside down, backwards, and in Zero-G?
Well this one can!
Now I know what you're thinking,
is that really necessary?
Hell yeah it is!!!
$19.99
- Matte black or Chrome bullet-style pen, 5.3 inches open, 3.7 inches closed
- Writes upside-down, in harsh conditions (hot or cold), or even in zero-g!
- Used by the astronauts in both the Russian and US space-programs
The urban legend states that NASA commissioned an engineer to make a
"space pen" that, when faced with the rigors of spaceflight - hot, cold,
zero-g conditions... Standard pens didn't work! And so, after $1.5
million, and several months of development, engineer finally came up
with the now-ubiquitous Space Pen. The Soviets, when faced with the same
dilemma, came up with a different solution: they used pencils.
This urban legend is almost total bunk. Both US and Soviet space
programs used pencils in their programs, yes, but abandoned the idea
once realizing that pressurized oxygen environments needed to be as free
from flammable materials as possible. Pencils and graphite dust, being
highly flammable, were out. NASA never did approach Paul Fisher to make
them a pen.
It was, in fact, the other way around! Fisher approached NASA and
said, "Hey, important space-guys! My pen is, like, totally awesome and
stuff. You should buy a lot of them." Okay, maybe there was a little bit
of artistic license, there, but buy them they did! Now, both NASA and
the Russian space-programs use Fisher "space" pens on their missions.
Cool, eh?
See, most pens have cartridges that just use liquid tension to draw
the ink across the roller ball and onto your paper. The Fisher design
uses a pressurized cartridge that forces the ink onto the roller no
matter what orientation it's in, and the specially formulated ink stays
fluid in extreme hot and cold temperatures.
Features and Specifications
- Bullet-style Fisher space pen
- Pressurized ink cartridge writes upside-down, under water, in harsh conditions (hot or cold), and even in zero g!
- Used by the astronauts in both the Russian and US space-programs
- Chrome and matte-black style available
- Measures 5.3 inches when opened, 3.7 inches when closed
- Refills available from included order-form