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Young Black Haired Girl Duct Taped Outside On The Iron Container
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Ed Smylie, who designed the scrubber modification in just two days, said later that he knew the problem was solvable when it was confirmed that duct tape was on the spacecraft: "I felt like we were home free," he said in 2005. "One thing a Southern boy will never say is, 'I don't think duct tape will fix it.'"
Duct tape was also used aboard Apollo 17 to improvise a repair to a damaged fender on the lunar rover, preventing possible damage from the roostertails of lunar dust as they drove.
• Military usage
In military circles, there is a variant known as "shooters tape" or "gun tape", typically olive-green, known for its resistance to oils and greases. In the U.S. submarine fleet, it is called "EB Green," as the duct tape used by Electric Boat was green. It is also called "duck tape," "riggers' tape," "hurricane tape," or "100-mph tape"—a name that comes from the use of a specific variety of duct tape that was supposed to hold up to 100 miles per hour (160 km/h; 87 kn) winds. The tape is named so because it was used during the Vietnam War to repair helicopter rotor blades, thus earning the name 100-MPH tape. Duct tape was also used during the Vietnam War to balance helicopter rotor blades.
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