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How Duct Tape Saved Apollo 17's Moon Buggy

Posted by timothy on from the these-pictures-clearly-faked dept.

Ant points out a story spotted on Boing Boing in which NASA "shares a story that turns back the clock 36 years to reveal the "key roll of duct tape in the Apollo program." The quality of the photographs from the moon always grabs me, and the duct-taped fender here is no exception.

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  1. Duct Tape by maz2331 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It just proves the old adage that "If you can't fix it with duct tape, then it's broken."

  2. ObRedGreen Ref by amccaf1 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Remember, if the aliens don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

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    "Flag on the moon. How did it get there?"
  3. KEY roll of duct tape? by corsec67 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I would say that the roll of tape used on the Apollo 13 was much more important.

    It is interesting to think about dust in a vacuum, where if it is kicked up with a large forward velocity, it will fall back down on you or even ahead of you, whereas on Earth it would get pushed behind you by friction...

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