CAT1, the space pen story is a nice story, but it is just that:
http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.htm For early flights both "teams" used pencils. The Fisher pen company developed the space pen at their own expense. It has been used on all manned space flights since Apollo 7, according to all the references I can find.
Bubbette, could you provide references for your claims, please? Debris in New York, unless that's the New York, Texas, Cheesecake Co., seems somewhat unlikely. Similarly I have yet to see a
credible rescue scenario anywhere. Lastly have you a reference for the CIA stating that they could have inspected the shuttle from their satellites?