That story is an urban legend:

http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp

On Sep 7, 11:50 pm, Ray Green <[email protected]> wrote:
> space pen, have you seen the article that claims the US spent millions
> developing the space pen, could write at any angle etc. Then it says the
> russians used a pencil to do exactly the same thing. Don't know if it is
> true, but it is funny.
>
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Mike Hungerford <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 9:44 PM, danny vercruyssen<[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > why the knife ? the pen is mightier than the sword :-)
>
> > The pen can't open clamshell packaging, for one thing. <G>
> > --
> > Mike Hungerford
> >http://www.chthulhu.com/
> > "Fashion is not an art form. If it's anything at all, it's
> > pornography." -- Dame Judi Dench
>
> --
> Some people are like Slinkies - not really good for anything, but you still
> can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.
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