{"id":44,"date":"2013-01-15T17:43:07","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T17:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=44"},"modified":"2013-01-15T17:43:07","modified_gmt":"2013-01-15T17:43:07","slug":"the-fisher-space-pen-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=44","title":{"rendered":"The Fisher Space Pen story"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every so often there is another article on the history of the Fisher Space Pen<\/a> and the myth that NASA paid big bucks for it instead of having the astronauts use pencils in space: The Fisher Space Pen Boldly Writes Where No Man Has Written Before – Design Decoded\/Smithsonian – Jan.11.13<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See other articles on the pen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every so often there is another article on the history of the Fisher Space Pen and the myth that NASA paid big bucks for it instead of having the astronauts use pencils in space: The Fisher Space Pen Boldly Writes Where No Man Has Written Before – Design Decoded\/Smithsonian – Jan.11.13. See other articles on … Continue reading The Fisher Space Pen story<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-I","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7800,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7800","url_meta":{"origin":44,"position":0},"title":"Space Auction features Alan Bean items","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Heritage Auction\u00a0in Dallas, Texas is\u00a0holding a\u00a0Space Signature Auction\u00a0today that features many items from Alan Bean, Apollo 12 astronaut and artist: Auction #6115 Astronaut Alan Bean offers space items including pen, scissors at Dallas auction - AP\/TribTown.com http:\/\/youtu.be\/ozQh_aqXfHI \u00a0","rel":"","context":"In "History"","block_context":{"text":"History","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/ozQh_aqXfHI\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1643,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1643","url_meta":{"origin":44,"position":1},"title":"Space art contest winners gather at National Space Symposium","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A report on the space art contest at the 29th National Space Symposium\u00a0 (see also the earlier report: 2013 Space Foundation student art contest winners selected - Space-for-All at HobbySpace): Art Contest Award Reception Attracts Student Winners from Across the U.S. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. 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