Comments on: The Sunday of the Space Pen http://petehindle.com/2010/01/12/the-sunday-of-the-space-pen/ You Other Brothers Might Deny Tue, 29 May 2012 07:53:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Pete Hindle http://petehindle.com/2010/01/12/the-sunday-of-the-space-pen/#comment-159 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:32:15 +0000 http://www.petehindle.com/?p=585#comment-159 That’s a common misconception, and it does have an element of truth in it – but the space pen was so good that it eventually got adopted by both sides of the space race. I mean – c’mon, they went to frickin’ space. They invented velcro. Neither side were scrimping cash by not buying pens.

]]> By: Pete Hindle http://petehindle.com/2010/01/12/the-sunday-of-the-space-pen/#comment-158 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:26:07 +0000 http://www.petehindle.com/?p=585#comment-158 Happy to provide distraction!

Oddly, the cheapest place that sells space pens is the next market town over from me, so yesterday I got a chance to look at the other colours. I own the manly matt black pen, but the shiny silver one looked like it was something straight out the fifties…

The main thing with these expensive ball-points is they don’t splotch all the time, like regular biros. It does make me curious about what happens if you pay even more money for pens, but not that curious.

]]> By: pippa http://petehindle.com/2010/01/12/the-sunday-of-the-space-pen/#comment-157 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:48:02 +0000 http://www.petehindle.com/?p=585#comment-157 space pen? didn’t the russians just use a pencil?

]]> By: Lauren Healey http://petehindle.com/2010/01/12/the-sunday-of-the-space-pen/#comment-156 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:48:26 +0000 http://www.petehindle.com/?p=585#comment-156 You’ve just made me really want a space pen.

I’ve checked out the prices on Amazon, thought how the cost verses usefulness works out to actually be a sound investment, and then I remembered: I loose pens three times a day, and in despertation I have occasionally had to resort to writing in lipliner. I also find that a fine Bic biro is quite satisfying, and at considerably less cost, I have decided that, alas, a space pen is not for me.

This little foray into the world of Uber Stationary has distracted me from what I am supposed to be doing for a good 10 minutes, though, so yeay.

]]> By: james Johnson-Perkin http://petehindle.com/2010/01/12/the-sunday-of-the-space-pen/#comment-155 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:23:00 +0000 http://www.petehindle.com/?p=585#comment-155 hi, was just reading your blog which mat cowan told me about. It’s really good. You have a great style of writing. Also found out you were ill.

Hope you are better now.
All the best wishes

James J-P

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