The Truth About the Million-Dollar Space Pen
"NASA spend lots of money and time to create a pen that could use in space, on the other hand, their rival Soviet just used a pencil" You ve probably heard this story, but is it true? Here is the truth about the space pen! Hosted by Hank Green Learn more about Apollo 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jI8Uqip60w ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn t make SciShow without them! Shout out to Bryce Daifuku, Kevin Bealer, Justin Lentz, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Patrick Merrithew, Accalia Elementia, Fatima Iqbal, Benny, Kyle Anderson, Mike Frayn, Tim Curwick, Will and Sonja Marple, Philippe von Bergen, Chris Peters, Kathy Philip, Patrick D. Ashmore, Thomas J., Charles George, Bader AlGhamdi. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-nasa-spen/ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-fisher-space-pen-boldly-writes-where-no-man-has-written-before-1020748/?no-ist= https://www.google.com/patents/US3285228 http://www.thespacereview.com/archive/613d.pdf http://www.audiologyonline.com/interviews/interview-with-paul-fisher-inventor-1635 http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/homeexpts/lumpyliquids.htm http://www.thespacereview.com/archive/613d.pdf http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_07a_Summary.htm Aldrin, Buzz. With Abraham, Ken. Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon. New York: Harmony Books, 2009. pp. 45-46.
