[sci.space.shuttle] in-flight repairs

smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin) (06/15/91)

What sort of tools and materials are available to the astronauts
for in-flight repairs?

hbg6@QIS1.mcdphx.mot.com (John Schuch) (06/22/91)

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. :-)

John

pjs@euclid.jpl.nasa.gov (Peter Scott) (06/24/91)

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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measures@cse.uta.edu (Mark Measures) (06/25/91)

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 forget the Swiss Army Knife.


Mark Measures