
Heh.
Before committing a great deal of time, money, or energy to solving a problem, it is wise to look for the true problem you are trying to solve. We must always seek to look past illusions, after all.
1. The cost was actually incurred by a private company, one that had intended to sell these to the public as “The Space Pen”
2. Four years after it was developed, the Russians bought a bunch to use on their own space flights.
(via themiddlepane)