From Dave Barry's Guys in Space blog:
http://blogs.herald.com/dave_barrys_..._in_space.html
(Please follow the link for the complete blog update.)
Key Quote:
Astronauts Piers Sellers and Mike Fossum also prepared for their third and final spacewalk, which included possibly using duct tape to fix a safety-jet backpack that came loose from Sellers while he repaired the international space station during a spacewalk Monday.
(Thanks to Marc Garczynski)
Posted by Dave on July 11, 2006 at 03:13 PM | Permalink
Here are some of the pertinent comments:
Duct tape - the fabric of our lives.
Posted by: fivver | 03:21 PM on July 11, 2006
Does Richard Dean Anderson know about this?
Posted by: WoosterGirl | 03:21 PM on July 11, 2006
space, how does a guy cut the duct tape if his teeth are inside a helmet?
Posted by: Olo Baggins of Bywater | 03:22 PM on July 11, 2006
MacGuyver in Space....not to be confused with Pigs in Space....
Posted by: Chaz | 03:25 PM on July 11, 2006
*pictures Richard Dean Anderson forcefully ripping duct tape with his teeth*
*swoons*
Posted by: WoosterGirl | 03:27 PM on July 11, 2006
I have yet to get a straight answer from any guy person when asked "Why would anybody want to tape a duck?"
Posted by: Hanna | 03:41 PM on July 11, 2006
I can't believe that no one has mentioned Richard Gere and the gerbil, vis-a-vis duct tape.
Posted by: xmnr | 03:43 PM on July 11, 2006
Shuttle Commmander: Houston, we are prepared for spacewalk, but need authorization for repair of a loose tether.
Mission Control: Roger, Commander. Safety pin stores are at full inventory, should be no problem.
SC: We were thinking of twist ties, Mission Control.
MC: That's a negative, Commander. Twist ties are reserved for docking only.
SC: Roger, Mission Control. Safety pins will do the job if we can have authorization for chewing gum backup.
MC: You are authorized for chewing gum deployment, Commander.
SC: Thank you, Mission Control. Commencing repair. Over.
MC: ....
SC: Mission Control, do you copy?
MC: ....
SC: Mission Control, please acknowledge repair commencement
*Kicks radio*
MC: We copy, Commander. Proceed.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | 03:48 PM on July 11, 2006
am not surprised... a few years ago there was a Hubble fix-it mission where the astronauts used Duct Tape and alligator clips to repair part of the telescope (alligators in space... AHHHHHH!!!!).
Posted by: CoastRaven (Garczynski) | 04:04 PM on July 11, 2006
am also swooning at the image WoosterGirl put into my head. I love Richard Dean Anderson. Thanks Wooster, I needed a visual image to boost my productivity at work today.
This must be the same brand of Duct tape they used in 24.
Posted by: vanityball | 04:14 PM on July 11, 2006
As Red Green calls it, Duct Tape is the handyman's secret weapon. Another related Red Green quote is "Carpe Ductum" - Seize the tape.
Maybe that's why there are Canadians in the Shuttle program - to provide duct tape expertise.
Posted by: ArcticAl | 04:17 PM on July 11, 2006
I guess someone decided talk of duct tape sent the wrong message. The article no longer mentions it.
Posted by: Tere Ductl | 09:33 PM on July 11, 2006
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Morjana
http://blogs.herald.com/dave_barrys_..._in_space.html
(Please follow the link for the complete blog update.)
Key Quote:
Astronauts Piers Sellers and Mike Fossum also prepared for their third and final spacewalk, which included possibly using duct tape to fix a safety-jet backpack that came loose from Sellers while he repaired the international space station during a spacewalk Monday.
(Thanks to Marc Garczynski)
Posted by Dave on July 11, 2006 at 03:13 PM | Permalink
Here are some of the pertinent comments:
Duct tape - the fabric of our lives.
Posted by: fivver | 03:21 PM on July 11, 2006
Does Richard Dean Anderson know about this?
Posted by: WoosterGirl | 03:21 PM on July 11, 2006
space, how does a guy cut the duct tape if his teeth are inside a helmet?
Posted by: Olo Baggins of Bywater | 03:22 PM on July 11, 2006
MacGuyver in Space....not to be confused with Pigs in Space....
Posted by: Chaz | 03:25 PM on July 11, 2006
*pictures Richard Dean Anderson forcefully ripping duct tape with his teeth*
*swoons*
Posted by: WoosterGirl | 03:27 PM on July 11, 2006
I have yet to get a straight answer from any guy person when asked "Why would anybody want to tape a duck?"
Posted by: Hanna | 03:41 PM on July 11, 2006
I can't believe that no one has mentioned Richard Gere and the gerbil, vis-a-vis duct tape.
Posted by: xmnr | 03:43 PM on July 11, 2006
Shuttle Commmander: Houston, we are prepared for spacewalk, but need authorization for repair of a loose tether.
Mission Control: Roger, Commander. Safety pin stores are at full inventory, should be no problem.
SC: We were thinking of twist ties, Mission Control.
MC: That's a negative, Commander. Twist ties are reserved for docking only.
SC: Roger, Mission Control. Safety pins will do the job if we can have authorization for chewing gum backup.
MC: You are authorized for chewing gum deployment, Commander.
SC: Thank you, Mission Control. Commencing repair. Over.
MC: ....
SC: Mission Control, do you copy?
MC: ....
SC: Mission Control, please acknowledge repair commencement
*Kicks radio*
MC: We copy, Commander. Proceed.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | 03:48 PM on July 11, 2006
am not surprised... a few years ago there was a Hubble fix-it mission where the astronauts used Duct Tape and alligator clips to repair part of the telescope (alligators in space... AHHHHHH!!!!).
Posted by: CoastRaven (Garczynski) | 04:04 PM on July 11, 2006
am also swooning at the image WoosterGirl put into my head. I love Richard Dean Anderson. Thanks Wooster, I needed a visual image to boost my productivity at work today.
This must be the same brand of Duct tape they used in 24.
Posted by: vanityball | 04:14 PM on July 11, 2006
As Red Green calls it, Duct Tape is the handyman's secret weapon. Another related Red Green quote is "Carpe Ductum" - Seize the tape.
Maybe that's why there are Canadians in the Shuttle program - to provide duct tape expertise.
Posted by: ArcticAl | 04:17 PM on July 11, 2006
I guess someone decided talk of duct tape sent the wrong message. The article no longer mentions it.
Posted by: Tere Ductl | 09:33 PM on July 11, 2006
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Morjana