What, you expect an article from NASA about the achievements in the field of space travel/exploration of the last 50 years to not focus on the NASA achievements? They deserve credit too (though I will admit, most of the articles etc I've read in the last few days have concerned mostly NASA, probably because I don't read any Russian articles).
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nasa spent millions $ to invent a space pen that would write in space the russians used a pencil.congrats to the ussr well done...
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That story isn't actually true. I believe the space-pen was developed by an independent company, not NASA (though NASA may have invested some money into it). The reason is, NASA didn't want to use pencils for risk that the shavings would clog/ruin the air circulation systems (something which the Soviets didn't worry about because they used a more heavy duty air system (if I remember correctly), and they were always a bit rougher with things like this as compared to NASA). This just seems to be another one of those "Lol, stupid America!" stories that everyone likes to tell due to the current popularity (or lack thereof) of America.