Lol, I think we all know what you meant…
Russia simply issued their cosmonauts with pencils
the fact is, from the link in Fitter2’s post…
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NASA used to use pencils, and in 1965 there was controversy over how much they spent on them.’ 
… and just to rub salt, from your own link…
When the astronauts began to fly, like the Russians, they used pencils.
Yes someone does read the links people add to posts
