Keep in mind that the price of $3 (actually $2.95 according to snopes) isn't adjusted for inflation.
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Originally Posted by Damien435 At $3 per pen NASA definitely paid for the development costs in the end. Just as companies don't pay taxes, they pass them on to the consumer. |
Also according to snopes, it cost the company over $1 million to develop the pen but they only sold 400 of them. I'd say NASA didn't come close to covering the space pen's development cost.
October 9th, 2007
