Astronauts repaired the Space Shuttle with duct tape
Astronauts take duct tape on the Space Shuttle to repair the International Space Station and used it to make repairs on the moon in 1972.
From the Apollo missions in the 1970's to the International Space Station today, duct tape has been used as quick fixes and semi-permanent solutions to a variety of tasks.
It would seem duct tape holds the world together as it is, and it is becoming clear that the tape may hold the frontier of space together too.
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