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1. • • They paid $4,382.50 or $128.89 per pencil.
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   How much did NASA pay for mechanical pencils?

   • In fact, NASA ordered 34 mechanical pencils from Houston's Tycam Engineering Manufacturing, Inc., in 1965. They paid $4,382.50 or $128.89 per pencil. When these prices became public, there was an outcry and NASA scrambled to find something cheaper for the astronauts to use. Pencils may not have been the best choice anyway.

   Fact or Fiction?: NASA Spent Millions to Develop a Pen that Would Write

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   How much did NASA spend on pencils in 1965?

   • NASA used to use pencils, and in 1965 there was controversy over how much they spent on them. For Project Gemini ( here ), NASA ordered 34 pencils from Tycam Engineering Manufacturing Inc, in Houston, costing a total of $4,382.50 ($128.89 per pencil).

   NASA did not spend billions on space pens while Russia used pencils

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   How much does a space pencil cost?

   • The Space Pencil Originally American astronauts, like the Soviets, wrote with pencils, according to NASA historians. Indeed, in 1965 NASA ordered 34 mechanical pencils from Tycam Engineering Manufacturing in Houston at $128.89 apiece: $4,382.50 in total.

   NASA Spent Millions on a Pen Able to Write in Space

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   How much money did NASA spend to develop a pen?

   • 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."

   No, NASA did not spend over $165 million on a space pen while Russians

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   Did NASA spend a decade developing pens for astronauts?

   • Social media users are resharing old posts that falsely say NASA spent a decade and millions if not billions of dollars of tax-payers' money developing pens for its astronauts while Russia made do with pencils. A pen that works in zero gravity, underwater and at extreme temperatures was designed for use in space in the 1960s.

   NASA did not spend billions on space pens while Russia used pencils

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   Do NASA astronauts use pencils?

   • But, alas, it is just a myth. Originally, NASA astronauts, like the Soviet cosmonauts, used pencils, according to NASA historians. In fact, NASA ordered 34 mechanical pencils from Houston's Tycam Engineering Manufacturing, Inc., in 1965. They paid $4,382.50 or $128.89 per pencil.

   Fact or Fiction?: NASA Spent Millions to Develop a Pen that Would Write

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3. checkyourfact.com › 2019/11/25 › fact-check-nasa-165FACT CHECK: Did NASA Spend More Than $165 ... - Check Your Fact

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   Nov 25, 2019 · Fact Check: The Facebook post, which has been shared more than a thousand times, perpetuates a popular urban legend that, upon discovering ballpoint pens did not work in zero gravity, NASA spent millions of tax dollars developing functional writing utensils for space missions.

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   May 14, 2019 · In fact, NASA ordered 34 mechanical pencils from Houston’s Tycam Engineering Manufacturing, Inc., for Project Gemini, the agency’s second human spaceflight program, which flew in 1965 and 1966. The...

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   Dec 20, 2006 · In fact, NASA ordered 34 mechanical pencils from Houston's Tycam Engineering Manufacturing, Inc., in 1965. They paid $4,382.50 or $128.89 per pencil.

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   May 3, 2021 · Social media users are resharing old posts that falsely say NASA spent a decade and millions if not billions of dollars of tax-payers' money developing pens for its astronauts while Russia made...

7. www.scientificamerican.com › article › nasa-spentNASA Spent Millions on a Pen Able to Write in Space

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   Aug 1, 2007 · Indeed, in 1965 NASA ordered 34 mechanical pencils from Tycam Engineering Manufacturing in Houston at $128.89 apiece: $4,382.50 in total. When these sums became public and caused an outcry, NASA...

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   Feb 5, 2013 · Astronauts and cosmonauts both used pencils in the early days of space travel, but the mechanical pencils chosen by NASA (wooden pencils were deemed too flammable after the tragedy of Apollo 1) ended up costing almost $130 each, and didn’t work out well in practice.

9. askanastronomer.org › why-did-nasa-spend-millionsWhy Did NASA Spend Millions Developing A Pen That Would Work ...

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   Nov 13, 2023 · The plot thickened when the public learned of the exorbitant costs associated with the mechanical pencils supplied to astronauts. A whopping $128.89 per pencil was enough to cause a national stir and bring NASA’s budgetary decisions under the microscope.