Henry Spencer wrote:
>
> On Sat, 25 Oct 2003, Andrew Case wrote:
> > Use a pencil, crayon, or felt tip marker. The whole "space pen" idea is
> > a triumph of engineering over common sense. This solution also works
> > for writing upside down. IIRC the early Russian flights used pencils -
> > don't know what they use now.
>
> They too use the space pens. Pens are better than pencils for this
> application -- no graphite dust floating around, and no smudging.
What's wrong with conventional felt-tip pens ("Flair", "Le Pen", etc.?)
for the application? They should be perfectly non-gravity-sensitive and
non-particle-generating...
-dave w
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