The Right Instrument
As handwriting becomes a more sacred form of communication, pens are valued gifts
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Britt Brouse
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A Pen Built With New Technology
During the space race, astronauts and cosmonauts had been using lead and wax pencils to conduct important experiments while in orbit, and that is precisely when Paul Fisher’s invention, a pressurized ink cartridge, got noticed. The device uses nitrogen to allow ink to flow in extreme conditions, meaning, a zero ravity environment was no longer a hindrance. His pens were first blasted into space aboard NASA’s Apollo 7 mission in 1968, and with that, Fisher Space Pen Company was born.
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