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LastLiberal in PalmSprings

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5. They actually have duct tape in the ISS.

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Sat Sep 4, 2021, 01:59 AM

Sep 2021

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NASA has been using duct tape for years, at least since the Apollo missions. The tape used is an off the self brand available in your local hardware store. It's been used to patch holes caused by space debris, to create a DIY carbon dioxide filter for Apollo 13, and fenders on the rover that astronauts drove on the moon.

Duct tape is used throughout the ISS, and even outside to secure emergency jetpacks to spacewalkers.

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International Space Station facing irreparable failures, Russia warns [View all] muriel_volestrangler Sep 2021 OP

It is 20 plus years old. Time to step up the game, lastest tech, bigger, more room. Thomas Hurt Sep 2021 #1

Send up a payload of duct tape. Sneederbunk Sep 2021 #2

They actually have duct tape in the ISS. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2021 #5

Needs some JD Weld. Or that stuff in a spray can... FlexiSeal? FlexSeal? krispos42 Sep 2021 #3

Remember, it was built by the low bidders...... lastlib Sep 2021 #4