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Apollo 13 Engineers to be Honored

Posted by samzenpus on from the duct-tape-to-the-rescue dept.

sconeu writes "Yahoo! News is carrying a story that the engineers who helped save the crew of Apollo 13 will be honored by GlobalSpec. The article mentions the jury rigged air scrubbers, and gives duct tape its due." Here is our coverage of the 35th anniversary.

6 of 183 comments (clear)

  1. The real hero was of course by beders · · Score: 5, Funny

    An inanimate carbon rod

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  2. Obligatory duct tape joke by gowen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Duct tape is like The Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it's used to bind the universe together.

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  3. Duct tape saves the day by kiljin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now we just have to figure out how to use duct tape to convert from english to metric units.

  4. Damn it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    "the jury rigged air scrubbers"

    I knew they didn't get a fair trial...

  5. Engineering 101 by jag2k · · Score: 5, Funny

    No engineering project is complete unless it's held together by copious amounts of duct tape. No exceptions.

  6. Re:Who? by houghi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can I get also get front-page Slashdot story if my company gives "a crystal globe" to Linus Torvalds and/or Bill Gates?

    No, but give either/both an enema and it will be frontpage news.

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