Stamets@lemmy.world to tumblr@lemmy.world · 1 year agoSometimes the simplest answer is the correct one. Sometimes you're just stupid.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square129fedilinkarrow-up11.26Karrow-down111
arrow-up11.25Karrow-down1imageSometimes the simplest answer is the correct one. Sometimes you're just stupid.lemmy.worldStamets@lemmy.world to tumblr@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square129fedilink
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-21 year agoAlso, Pilot created that pen as a marketing ploy without having an official contract. NASA did pick it up, but IIRC, Pilot technically lost money on the project. Of course, marketing costs money, so they were fine with that.
minus-squareChobbes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoDo you mean Fisher? Pilot is a Japanese pen company who doesn’t have anything to do with the space pen, as far as I know.
Also, Pilot created that pen as a marketing ploy without having an official contract. NASA did pick it up, but IIRC, Pilot technically lost money on the project. Of course, marketing costs money, so they were fine with that.
Do you mean Fisher? Pilot is a Japanese pen company who doesn’t have anything to do with the space pen, as far as I know.
Yes, mixed them up.