SPACE MYTHS:
The Fisher Space Pen did NOT cost NASA millions of dollars to develop.
It cost them $0. FISHER put in the R&D money on that.
NASA only bought the pens as off-the-shelf products. They are nice pens.
And while the Russians DID "use pencils", they didn't really like them, and adopted the pens.
See, inhaling graphite dust and wood shavings in freefall is not that healthy.
There are a LOT of stories about "government waste" that are basically just bullshit, like this one. Be aware.