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From: pjs@euclid.jpl.nasa.gov (Peter Scott)
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Subject: Re: in-flight repairs
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Date: 23 Jun 91 21:05:26 GMT
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In article <12540@qisoff.phx.mcd.mot.com>, hbg6@QIS1.mcdphx.mot.com (John Schuch) writes:
> In article <14984@ulysses.att.com> smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin) writes:
> >What sort of tools and materials are available to the astronauts
> >for in-flight repairs?
> 
> Duct tape and cardboard. :-)

Don't knock it, it was good enough for the Apollo XIII crew to construct
a CO2 scrubber...

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