Stuff I Like: Bullet SPACE® PEN

Once upon a time, there existed a National Aeronautics and Space Administration that desired a pen that could perform in the vacuum of space. More than a billion dollars later, Paul C. Fisher developed the SPACE® PEN. What did the Russians do? They used a pencil.

While certainly worth a chuckle, the preceding anecdote falls a little short of the truth. This does nothing to detract from how great the Fisher Bullet SPACE® PEN is for the modern traveller. With the cap over the tip, this little pen slips easily into a pocket, but when the cap is removed and slid onto the back, it becomes a full sized writing tool. That alone would be enough for me to carry one of these around on a regular basis, but it’s the technology that really sold me on it.