I beleive astronauts use pens because graphite particles in zero gravity cause problems.
I use a pencil ever since school science classes - a piece of paper with ink on it gets unreadable when soaked - you can dry pencil written notes out pretty well. (There are fancier solutions but if you are a luddite like me....)
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