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  • The day NASA used duct tape to fix a car... on the Moon!

    From David E. Powell@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 4 18:57:29 2015
    High Tech Redneck!

    http://blog.nasm.si.edu/stories/duct-tape-auto-repair/

    <http://blog.nasm.si.edu/stories/duct-tape-auto-repair/>

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  • From mbjorn@y7mail.com@21:1/5 to David E. Powell on Sat Sep 5 01:54:35 2015
    On Saturday, September 5, 2015 at 9:57:31 AM UTC+8, David E. Powell wrote:
    High Tech Redneck!

    http://blog.nasm.si.edu/stories/duct-tape-auto-repair/

    <http://blog.nasm.si.edu/stories/duct-tape-auto-repair/>

    Well they already used to fix CO2 scrubbers on Apollo 13, so I am sure
    they took a roll on every mission.

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  • From Jeff Findley@21:1/5 to All on Sat Sep 5 12:44:07 2015
    In article <1771b2ce-e6d5-4be7-ae4d-7ff426b1cdb1@googlegroups.com>, mbjorn@y7mail.com says...

    On Saturday, September 5, 2015 at 9:57:31 AM UTC+8, David E. Powell wrote:
    High Tech Redneck!

    http://blog.nasm.si.edu/stories/duct-tape-auto-repair/

    <http://blog.nasm.si.edu/stories/duct-tape-auto-repair/>

    Well they already used to fix CO2 scrubbers on Apollo 13, so I am sure
    they took a roll on every mission.

    True. NASA still files tape like this on every mission. You never know
    when it might come in handy.

    Jeff
    --
    "the perennial claim that hypersonic airbreathing propulsion would
    magically make space launch cheaper is nonsense -- LOX is much cheaper
    than advanced airbreathing engines, and so are the tanks to put it in
    and the extra thrust to carry it." - Henry Spencer

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