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Originally Posted by Martin
This doesn't diminish your post one bit, but FYI (and IIRC) Sir, the Russians used ballpoint pens. The reason it worked was because of surface tension on the tip.
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This will not work in zero gravity. There is no flow of ink to the ball.
Try holding a pen upside down and writing with it. It will not work for very long.
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