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http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/21/facebook-posts/no-nasa-did-not-spend-over-165-million-space-pen-w/(permalink)

Author: politifact

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Date published

2019-05-21

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Scientific American Fahrenheit Samantha Mulder Fact-checking PolitiFact Gravity Soviet Union Democracy Fake news Houston United States Congress NASA Russian language Facebook United States Pen Anti-gravity Ballpoint pen Ink cartridge Soviet space program Project Gemini Human spaceflight

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Says NASA spent more than $165 million over 10 years to develop a pen that "writes in zero gravity, upside down" and in extreme temperatures while the "Russians used a pencil instead."

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