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Due to gravity factor, scientists invented special pen (costing massive) to write ✍️ In space as normal ink can flout in space rather than sticking on paper, tell me why they didn’t used pencil instead of wasting money on such expensive special pens?
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The graphite from the pencils as well as the wood shavings would cause a fire in the high oxygen environment with all the electrical connections for the instruments. The US then the Russians abandoned pencils because of the potential for a fire in space.
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