Owen Vankirk This is no space for practical ideas! I know the ISP of a beer keg is around 8.2 I wanted to know the ISP of other improvised thrusters. Also, this way you could figure out the delta-v of the pen on its own and, even cooler, the number requred to substute a Saturn 5 third stage.
Hey Scott, great video. Watching this has made me remember actually that Buzz Aldrin has an AmA scheduled on Reddit for 8PM BST this Tuesday the 8th of July. If you weren't aware, I thought it would be something that would interest you.
Not sure if he does it, but if I made talking at the camera videos, I would practice sitting very still and then edit out all blinking and eye movements just to weird people out.
I volunteer at the San Diego Air and Space museum. There are a lot of older senior citizens that also volunteer there. Most have a Phoenix on their volunteer badges Signifying they were there when the fire happened and helped in the aftermath. They call it the Phoenix Flight. There's a lot of cool stuff to see including a capsule that was in space, Space suits and a lot of other aircraft ranging from the dawn of air travel to modern day fighter craft. If your ever in San Diego stop by!
I actually bought a STS program commemerative Fisher pen at KSC when I went last year. It's my favorite pen, I've managed to use only one cartridge for an entire college semester of heavy writing.
I personally am the lucky owner of Fisher's AG7, CH4 and bullet space pens. I bring my CH4 everywhere I go. Never had a problem, never change the cartridge, I highly suggest them. Thanks Scott marvellous video as always!
Neat little bit of technology and history. I've probably said this before on one of the other videos: Goes to show you, sometimes even the simplest things we take for granted on the ground can become complicated just by lack of gravity.
Unrelated comment. I like that you framed yourself so that we can experience the following eyes illusion with your content! Have a great day Scott, hope your Fourth was fun.
When I saw this video first go up, I looked at the thumbnail and thought, "Hmm... how to make a pen work in space." And my idea was to use a spring which would gradually depress a small sack of ink down toward the ball. And that's basically what they did, if we want to count a charge of compressed nitrogen as a spring, which it's basically acting as in this situation. Really, the ink is the only hard part about the whole thing, and I probably would have come up with something along the lines of "Let's use something that's thick enough not to easily escape, but still dark enough to read when it does." The rest comes down to tight tolerances between the ball and its chamber. It's amazing how simple some 'huge' inventions can be. Then again, usually by the time you come up with a simple solution to a problem, someone else has already done so and figured out why it doesn't work or how to do it better and cheaper. Then again, it took 300 years for people to go from fixed printing to the movable printing press, and that literally came down to the idea of making a bunch of small, reusable blocks instead of one big one that could only print a single complex idea. The movable printing press is about the same as having a single symbol convey a complex word vs letters to make up a word, and we've had those for as long as we've had writing. Give or take.
re: the circuit breaker - It wasn't so much that it was broken, but that they didn't know its state and so wanted to make sure it was pushed in before they tried to fire the engine (not hold it in, just a single depression). I've never heard the thing about Fisher trying to convince people it was their space pen though!
I've been following your channel for a while now and i have to say your videos are just so full of awesome. It's like you're gently mindwashing me into calm, sharp submission and this deep urge to get off this planet and go into space. So don't takt this the wrong way but I've been meaning to ask you: Scott, are you actually a zen-monk-alien from the future?
Hey Scott I got a question for ya. I notice you love space and flight and what not. I was just wondering. How come you never try flight simulators? I got a challenge for you if your willing to try it. You should give DCS World a spin. I know you would have a blast especially if you fly with me and my team. Keep up the great work brother. And like you always say. Safe flying.
Sort of randomly came across the video. I didn't really think about it at first that writing in space would be such an issue but a lot of what you stated makes sense when dealing with 0 G. As someone once stated that you should try and learn something new every day even if its not something I will ever use :P
does the space pen need you to shake it around and scribble on pads to get it to put the ink on paper (this is a problem for regular pens) or does it's compressed gel ink thing stop that? also is space ink more expensive than printer ink, is that possible?
Thank you, The number of times i have heard people say the USA spent Millions & the USSR just used a Pencil. It irritates me because some people cannot think things through, When you said that a pencil will give of fragments that could potentially be breathed into the Lungs, Some folks just cannot seen to grasp the Concept. It's like when one of the Apollo lander was being pressure tested and a window exploded. There was still glass inside it and depending on how many ppm there was could affect the astronauts health.
I have had a bunch of space pens and they are so great. I like the bullet style and I am really pissed that I just lost one somewhere and I can't find it.
Did you dye your eyebrows, or is it just the camera? They appear to have turned a shade of yellow. (Not suggesting that it's bad, it's just different.)
Its called Blonde. Example: www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&biw=1920&bih=939&site=imghp&tbm=isch&q=blonde+hair&spell=1&sa=X&ei=s3q2U_GWCoKWkwWRgoGADQ&ved=0CBoQvwUoAA
Scott doesn't hit me as the type to dye his eyebrows, its probably just the magnificent glow of a thousand suns emitted from the luminous orb of efficient bare scalp that crowns his skull.
I had heard like 10 years ago that we realized normal pens work just fine in space and the Russians said they've always used normal pens. Space pens were only needed for writing upside down on Earth.
Scott Manley Hi there, Can you give us a few example of uses of the Pen outside, Like in the vacuum? The only thing I would think of would be someone taking notes of something that is written on a part or something. but even then, They might need Space paper or something. It would be almost more efficient to communicate with someone inside and tell them to write what you are saying. nonetheless, It might be useful if the cabin get unpressurised though.
There is a load of false tales about this myth, one was that you need the pen as a regular pen would not work, which is not true, a regular pen can't write while upside down as gravity prevents the ink going through the tip, but when in space, there is no gravity pulling the ink in any direction, and only the force of uhh can't remember the name but using the pen the ink will pull itself out as you write
liked very much my dad told me this story and i alwasys thought it was true Pure Q.I moment.. Ps you should reg vids "You Won't Believe These Amazing Facts About" any other Nasa/space myths?
Interesting video, but what's with the skeezy clickbait title? I'd like to suggest one of these alternatives: "Stenographers hate him!" "Learn to write upside-down in two easy steps!" "One weird trick to fix your LEM ascent stage!"
A fact worth mentioning here: soviets were using air for atmosphere, so they were not really worried about graphite being combustible. NASA used oxygen.
You sir. You new to blink more. Your eyeballs are gonna dry out. xD But anyways, thank you VERY much for this. I've always been under the influence of the myth there, because I've never been taught otherwise. But I greatly appreciate your enlightening!
no it only flows when there's shear forces applied from the rotating ball, just pushing the ball against a surface without moving with lead to almost no flow.
Just a Tip: you HAVE to NOT look directly into the camera, it is realy creepy. You have to look just a bit to the side, like put a tiny toy ontop on the camera and talk to that.
"(yes, the title is supposed to be a joke on clickbait titles... it won't happen again)" thank gaud I read the description, otherwise I'd have a displeased comment to type :P
I actually have one of these pens, even if I am not going to space the pens write amazingly and are well balanced. Worth the initial investment to get the pen.
I enjoy how you made this sound as rubbish as the space pistol would be. Though I would've assumed astronauts would've used tablets with actual inputs instead of a pen/pencil. Regardless, nice trivia nonetheless
Did you know that NASA spent billions of dollars carving out a giant lens for deep space observation? The Soviets used a telescope array. Did you know that NASA spent billions of dollars designing a laser defense system that could quickly track and destroy an incoming missile with pinpoint accuracy? The Soviets used EMP. Did you know that NASA spent billions of dollars designing a computer system that could compensate for heat ablation to make a sustained laser beam more effective as a weapon? The Soviets used a pulse laser. Did you know that NASA spent trillions of dollars developing a space probe that could gravity-tug an asteroid away from Earth? The Soviets used a nuke. Did you know that NASA spent trillions of dollars trying to terraform Mars? The soviets weren't sure how they expected to do it so cheaply... I can do this all day, folks!
szemburger And also a lot of things can be accredited to . Nothing wrong with national pride, but, lets be honest, inventors are not from anywhere in particular. They're just inventors.
Yeah, but people seem to forget about other people, I mean once I asked an American friend of mine about Hungary and he didn't even know that there is a country named that, some other people joked about being hungry and everything. It's a bit sad, that Hungarians are equal to sh*t somewhere.
Scott Manley I just jumped onto the search bar in your channel, and watched it from there. I just checked again though, and the inscribed link is working just fine now. Thank you for all your thoughtful and informative videos, and specifically your videos on KSP, my favorite series on TH-cam these days.
I've always thought that anecdotes like the space pen one are comforting to a certain type of individual, when they are feeling dissatisfied with their lot in life. "Hah, those guys with all their degrees and money couldn't just think to use a pencil! Even I could have thought of that! What idiots!" It lives in the same category as: "these politicians are all idiots, I could fix all the problems of this country myself..." and "I should be running this company instead of my idiot boss, he doesn't even know how to work the photocopiers as well as me!". Some people are always ready to jump on anyone doing interesting things to make themselves feel better. It drives me absolutely nuts. Don't even get me started on "Einstein failed school just like me, I must be a genius!".
You can use pens upside dowj if you shake it and use centifigual force to make it work. I still like pencils better. I will make a space pencil with asbestos! Much less flammable.
"You can't write upside down with a pen"
*Gets pen and paper and succeeds at writing upside down*
After a while, the pen will stop.
I realize this. He just didn't state it...
Renegade Asari
And he didn't state that it would stop right away.
Pressurised...
I can't be the only one that wants to know the ISP you would get if you ruptured it, can I?
I'd imagine you'd get more delta-v just chucking the pen in the opposite direction you want to go.
It depends on how much it has been ruptured.
:p
Owen Vankirk This is no space for practical ideas! I know the ISP of a beer keg is around 8.2 I wanted to know the ISP of other improvised thrusters. Also, this way you could figure out the delta-v of the pen on its own and, even cooler, the number requred to substute a Saturn 5 third stage.
Owen Vankirk so why not use the gas and then chuck it XD i want to know too!
Max Phillips Using the gas first would make the pen lighter, therefore it would be redundant to do so.
Hey Scott, great video. Watching this has made me remember actually that Buzz Aldrin has an AmA scheduled on Reddit for 8PM BST this Tuesday the 8th of July. If you weren't aware, I thought it would be something that would interest you.
honestly your videos like this deserve more credit than they get, good job and keep doing it :)
Scott I swear you never blink in this...
Not sure if he does it, but if I made talking at the camera videos, I would practice sitting very still and then edit out all blinking and eye movements just to weird people out.
He just blinks at the same time as you.
Does 2:43 count? :p
Much much better job than your last few sit-and-talk videos.
I mean the previous ones weren't bad, but this is much better!
I volunteer at the San Diego Air and Space museum. There are a lot of older senior citizens that also volunteer there. Most have a Phoenix on their volunteer badges Signifying they were there when the fire happened and helped in the aftermath. They call it the Phoenix Flight. There's a lot of cool stuff to see including a capsule that was in space, Space suits and a lot of other aircraft ranging from the dawn of air travel to modern day fighter craft. If your ever in San Diego stop by!
I actually bought a STS program commemerative Fisher pen at KSC when I went last year. It's my favorite pen, I've managed to use only one cartridge for an entire college semester of heavy writing.
LOL that's too freaking cool. I love these information videos that you make! Thank you Mr Manley and keep up the great work! :D
I personally am the lucky owner of Fisher's AG7, CH4 and bullet space pens. I bring my CH4 everywhere I go. Never had a problem, never change the cartridge, I highly suggest them.
Thanks Scott marvellous video as always!
That nose movement at 6:00
I like your talking at the camera videos :)
I've known this for a while.
Thanks for setting the story straight!
Neat little bit of technology and history. I've probably said this before on one of the other videos: Goes to show you, sometimes even the simplest things we take for granted on the ground can become complicated just by lack of gravity.
Unrelated comment. I like that you framed yourself so that we can experience the following eyes illusion with your content!
Have a great day Scott, hope your Fourth was fun.
I have a space pen and it's great! I have the Bullet, nice and small form factor when closed, but a full sized pen when open. Great design.
these "talking to the camera" things are awesome :)
I would imagine an ink spillage in space would be difficult to clean.
When I saw this video first go up, I looked at the thumbnail and thought, "Hmm... how to make a pen work in space." And my idea was to use a spring which would gradually depress a small sack of ink down toward the ball. And that's basically what they did, if we want to count a charge of compressed nitrogen as a spring, which it's basically acting as in this situation.
Really, the ink is the only hard part about the whole thing, and I probably would have come up with something along the lines of "Let's use something that's thick enough not to easily escape, but still dark enough to read when it does." The rest comes down to tight tolerances between the ball and its chamber. It's amazing how simple some 'huge' inventions can be.
Then again, usually by the time you come up with a simple solution to a problem, someone else has already done so and figured out why it doesn't work or how to do it better and cheaper. Then again, it took 300 years for people to go from fixed printing to the movable printing press, and that literally came down to the idea of making a bunch of small, reusable blocks instead of one big one that could only print a single complex idea. The movable printing press is about the same as having a single symbol convey a complex word vs letters to make up a word, and we've had those for as long as we've had writing. Give or take.
You forgot the problem of formulating your ink to make it useful at the wide range of temperatures outside the cabin.
Using a pen outside hadn't really occurred to me. But I'm sure that's something that would have come up during testing.
It's amazing how well centred his is this video.
As a lover of pens (have had a Pelikan fountain pen for 6 years I still use and a brush pen I just got) this video is quite interesting :D
re: the circuit breaker - It wasn't so much that it was broken, but that they didn't know its state and so wanted to make sure it was pushed in before they tried to fire the engine (not hold it in, just a single depression). I've never heard the thing about Fisher trying to convince people it was their space pen though!
They had ads which said it was the pen that got the astronauts to the moon and back.
I've been following your channel for a while now and i have to say your videos are just so full of awesome. It's like you're gently mindwashing me into calm, sharp submission and this deep urge to get off this planet and go into space. So don't takt this the wrong way but I've been meaning to ask you: Scott, are you actually a zen-monk-alien from the future?
Hey Scott I got a question for ya. I notice you love space and flight and what not. I was just wondering. How come you never try flight simulators? I got a challenge for you if your willing to try it. You should give DCS World a spin. I know you would have a blast especially if you fly with me and my team. Keep up the great work brother. And like you always say. Safe flying.
I like these videos because I can have staring contests with you. I sometimes win...
Great vid Scott!
Sort of randomly came across the video. I didn't really think about it at first that writing in space would be such an issue but a lot of what you stated makes sense when dealing with 0 G. As someone once stated that you should try and learn something new every day even if its not something I will ever use :P
i like these talking to the camera vids :D
does the space pen need you to shake it around and scribble on pads to get it to put the ink on paper (this is a problem for regular pens) or does it's compressed gel ink thing stop that? also is space ink more expensive than printer ink, is that possible?
Thank you! They love having this argument at work it can now be settled
Thank you, The number of times i have heard people say the USA spent Millions & the USSR just used a Pencil. It irritates me because some people cannot think things through, When you said that a pencil will give of fragments that could potentially be breathed into the Lungs, Some folks just cannot seen to grasp the Concept. It's like when one of the Apollo lander was being pressure tested and a window exploded. There was still glass inside it and depending on how many ppm there was could affect the astronauts health.
I have had a bunch of space pens and they are so great. I like the bullet style and I am really pissed that I just lost one somewhere and I can't find it.
Scott Manley never blinks or breaks eye contact.
You nearly made me question myself here Scott. Nearly!.
Did you dye your eyebrows, or is it just the camera? They appear to have turned a shade of yellow. (Not suggesting that it's bad, it's just different.)
Its called Blonde. Example: www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&biw=1920&bih=939&site=imghp&tbm=isch&q=blonde+hair&spell=1&sa=X&ei=s3q2U_GWCoKWkwWRgoGADQ&ved=0CBoQvwUoAA
Scott doesn't hit me as the type to dye his eyebrows, its probably just the magnificent glow of a thousand suns emitted from the luminous orb of efficient bare scalp that crowns his skull.
MrVib3r I know what blond looks like. His eyebrows are too vivid to be blond.
I had heard like 10 years ago that we realized normal pens work just fine in space and the Russians said they've always used normal pens. Space pens were only needed for writing upside down on Earth.
Scott Manley Hi there, Can you give us a few example of uses of the Pen outside, Like in the vacuum?
The only thing I would think of would be someone taking notes of something that is written on a part or something. but even then, They might need Space paper or something.
It would be almost more efficient to communicate with someone inside and tell them to write what you are saying.
nonetheless, It might be useful if the cabin get unpressurised though.
That's a lot of vinyl :O wish i had that big a library
Very interesting video, great job! I wish I knew more of these talk and learn interesting stuff type channels.
i have the bullet version right in front of me. its super good looking and writes fantastic!
I like the new intro :)
What happend to your eyebrows Scott ? :D
Next time I go to the air and space museum I'm looking for that pen.
There is a load of false tales about this myth, one was that you need the pen as a regular pen would not work, which is not true, a regular pen can't write while upside down as gravity prevents the ink going through the tip, but when in space, there is no gravity pulling the ink in any direction, and only the force of uhh can't remember the name but using the pen the ink will pull itself out as you write
Capiliary action can make some pens work in zero-g, however they still have problems with freezing or boiling ink.
***** You did listen to the bit at the end where I talked about the Felt tip pen that was used?
I can't help myself, there is gravity is space.
That doesn't change anything, though. There's still no effect due to gravity acting upon the pen, relative to the spacecraft.
BossesDream Yes I know...
Watching this, and I mean no offense, I realized you never blink, Scott.
liked very much my dad told me this story and i alwasys thought it was true
Pure Q.I moment..
Ps you should reg vids "You Won't Believe These Amazing Facts About"
any other Nasa/space myths?
nice vinyl collection :D
"It could get into someone's eyes, or lungs, or even worse, a control panel"
*Ron Weasley voice* he needs to sort out his priorities...
Only Scott Manley can make pens sound interesting
i got one of those! writes terribly though (the gel/ink likes to clump on paper) and the metal body is awkward to hold
Here's a myth for you, Scott Manley doesn't blink!
Interesting video, but what's with the skeezy clickbait title?
I'd like to suggest one of these alternatives:
"Stenographers hate him!"
"Learn to write upside-down in two easy steps!"
"One weird trick to fix your LEM ascent stage!"
so basically the space pen is filled with pressurized MYSTERIOUS GOO
A fact worth mentioning here: soviets were using air for atmosphere, so they were not really worried about graphite being combustible. NASA used oxygen.
I feel like I'm having a staring competition with you. :O
There's an even more absurd myth still floating around: The Apollo missions were filmed in a studio.
That's called conspiracy theory.
You sir. You new to blink more. Your eyeballs are gonna dry out. xD
But anyways, thank you VERY much for this. I've always been under the influence of the myth there, because I've never been taught otherwise. But I greatly appreciate your enlightening!
Oh man that constant eye contact is unnerving
Otherwise Great video :p
Scott, When a liquid flows only when pressure is applied, doesn't that make it a newtonian fluid rather than a non-newtonian fluid?
no it only flows when there's shear forces applied from the rotating ball, just pushing the ball against a surface without moving with lead to almost no flow.
Oh I see.
Big fan of your science-y stuff, thank you!
Nice to see the folks at Fisher didn't break your kneecaps over this.
They could fly into somebody's eyes or lungs or worse... into a control panel! hahaha
Just a Tip: you HAVE to NOT look directly into the camera, it is realy creepy. You have to look just a bit to the side, like put a tiny toy ontop on the camera and talk to that.
SCOTT WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR EYEBROWS?!?!?!? You are so.......different!.
"(yes, the title is supposed to be a joke on clickbait titles... it won't happen again)"
thank gaud I read the description, otherwise I'd have a displeased comment to type :P
I actually have one of these pens, even if I am not going to space the pens write amazingly and are well balanced. Worth the initial investment to get the pen.
I love the quote: Americans spent millions developing a pen to write in space. Russians just used a pencil.
Not only was it not billions of dollars, it wasn't even that expensive for an ordinary pen. $2.95 each.
Scott, will you do a sort of review abd explanation about the interstellar mod?
Your last one is waaaay to outdated.
Hey Scott.... Blink.
Love your channel :)
Haven't you heard about weeping angels?
LOL. Touche
Scott, you should make a point to look away from the camera now and again, its a bit creepy the way you stare at us lol
You take 'looking in the camera' very seriously :P
I remember my college astronomy professor telling me the first story about the space pen.
Why would he lie to me? D:
what decks do you have?
Small World. My father was a Engineer for Fisher Pen Co.
I enjoy how you made this sound as rubbish as the space pistol would be. Though I would've assumed astronauts would've used tablets with actual inputs instead of a pen/pencil. Regardless, nice trivia nonetheless
Scott manley you should try game named: Space engineers! That's game what is just for you
I had a Fisher space pen; it was bollocks. The ink was really gloopy, it didn't write well and leaked all the time.
scott you look a little bit like a robot at the end
Yada yada yada pens pens pens and all that. Can we talk about that vinyl collection now?
You did see my video on my collection?
Scott Manley I did not! New subscriber and all that. I'll have to check it out to be sure, but it certainly looks impressive.
i lost the stare-off :(
give us a lesson in dj-ing, mr Manley. I did not know about Dave Clarke.
Did you know that NASA spent billions of dollars carving out a giant lens for deep space observation? The Soviets used a telescope array.
Did you know that NASA spent billions of dollars designing a laser defense system that could quickly track and destroy an incoming missile with pinpoint accuracy? The Soviets used EMP.
Did you know that NASA spent billions of dollars designing a computer system that could compensate for heat ablation to make a sustained laser beam more effective as a weapon? The Soviets used a pulse laser.
Did you know that NASA spent trillions of dollars developing a space probe that could gravity-tug an asteroid away from Earth? The Soviets used a nuke.
Did you know that NASA spent trillions of dollars trying to terraform Mars? The soviets weren't sure how they expected to do it so cheaply...
I can do this all day, folks!
The ballpoint pen was invented by a Hungarian guy named László Jószef Bíró, but nobody cares about Hungarians sadly.
That's a story in itself!
I actually noticed this before, I highly recommend people Google Hungarian inventors, it's not a short list!
You wouldn't believe how many things you can thank to Hungarians. I won't name any there's Google. USE IT.
szemburger And also a lot of things can be accredited to .
Nothing wrong with national pride, but, lets be honest, inventors are not from anywhere in particular. They're just inventors.
Yeah, but people seem to forget about other people, I mean once I asked an American friend of mine about Hungary and he didn't even know that there is a country named that, some other people joked about being hungry and everything. It's a bit sad, that Hungarians are equal to sh*t somewhere.
I was told this is what led to the everyday ball point pen but I have no real idea if that is true.
I actually have one of these pens, it writes pretty well, and with the cap on it takes up little enough space to fit in a wallet
Do you even blink your eyes? Just the main thing I noticed.
Apparently gamers blink less than non-gamers
Yes, he blinks at 2:25, 2:41, and 2:46. To name a few.
(yes, I am seriously pedantic that I pay attention to that)
Scott Manley May want to project a more natural look. You likely don't want too many people distracted by off topic issues.
Scott Manley Thank you for responding to me
Dear Scott Manley! I cannot click on the link to the Rocket Fuel video at the end credits of this production. I'm quite sad about this.
reload and try again.
"im quite sad about this" I dont know why but started laughing
Scott Manley I just jumped onto the search bar in your channel, and watched it from there. I just checked again though, and the inscribed link is working just fine now. Thank you for all your thoughtful and informative videos, and specifically your videos on KSP, my favorite series on TH-cam these days.
Floating around eh? Ha... puns.
Thanks Scott!1
Twas an intense stare. ;)
great video, but please don't use buzzfeed as the model for your video titles.
..."talkin' to the camera type of video"...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHABABAAHAHAHAHAHAHABAHAHA
Does he ever blink?
most people that stare at computer screens for long periods of time blink a lot less often than other people.
talking at the camera type videos lol
I've always thought that anecdotes like the space pen one are comforting to a certain type of individual, when they are feeling dissatisfied with their lot in life.
"Hah, those guys with all their degrees and money couldn't just think to use a pencil! Even I could have thought of that! What idiots!"
It lives in the same category as: "these politicians are all idiots, I could fix all the problems of this country myself..." and "I should be running this company instead of my idiot boss, he doesn't even know how to work the photocopiers as well as me!".
Some people are always ready to jump on anyone doing interesting things to make themselves feel better. It drives me absolutely nuts.
Don't even get me started on "Einstein failed school just like me, I must be a genius!".
You can use pens upside dowj if you shake it and use centifigual force to make it work. I still like pencils better. I will make a space pencil with asbestos! Much less flammable.
Wouldn't a ball point pen work about half the time in space? If gravity doesn't affect the ink, it would slosh around, and hit the ball.
how much did it then really cost to develop this pen?
Finally!
At the start when I heard space pens were 12 billion dollars, I was pretty confused, because I own a space pen.
That's what they all say.
*****
Kid, fuck off.