See! It’s True!
Duct tape IS a gift from the gods themselves! The miracle material that fixes everything and anything has now gone where no tape has gone before! It can even be used to hold a propulsion pack in place for astronaut Piers Sellers.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Even in space, a little duct tape may work wonders. Astronaut Piers Sellers suggested using some of the multipurpose sticky material to fix a safety-jet backpack used during spacewalks after it almost came loose from him while he repaired the international space station.
"Right now, is there some kind of tape fix that you guys could think about that would be helpful?" Sellers asked Mission Control Tuesday morning, a day after the propulsive backpack started to come loose during his spacewalk with astronaut Mike Fossum.
Fossum had to tether the device to Sellers to keep it from flying away.
The jet backpack, nicknamed SAFER, is worn by every astronaut during a spacewalk. It allows an astronaut to propel himself or herself to safety in an emergency, for instance if a tether or foot restraint holding the astronaut in place breaks
Duct tape is just like The Force. It has a light side and a dark side. And it holds the universe together!
By TC@LeatherPenguin, Tuesday, 11 July , 2006 @ 10:20 am
Was there ever a question?
By Gaius, Tuesday, 11 July , 2006 @ 10:45 am
Not in mind mind - or my wife’s!
By FormerRighty, Tuesday, 11 July , 2006 @ 11:27 am
And hey, thanks to the Bush administration, we know it helps protect us in case of a terrorist attack!
By Black Jack, Tuesday, 11 July , 2006 @ 12:47 pm
Is that you, Jim?