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Space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station yesterday, following the crew's successful completion of their STS-132 mission tasks. During three spacewalks, mission specialists Steve Bowen, Michael Good and Garrett Reisman swapped out six nickel-hydrogen battery units on the station's Port 6 truss, as …

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  1. Sir Runcible Spoon
    Coat

    Sir

    Does anyone know if Duct tape works in a very cold vacuum?

    1. Chemist

      Re : cold vacuum

      Don't want to be pedantic but what you are really measuring in a vacuum is the temperature of the thermometer which will be some balance of what it radiates v. what it absorbs

      1. Sir Runcible Spoon

        Sir

        Communication is the ability to exchange ideas. You got the idea, but I take your point :)

  2. Ugotta B. Kiddingme
    Happy

    But what about breakfast?

    Did they have Wensleydale with their morning toast?

  3. Yet Another Anonymous coward Silver badge

    Duct tape

    Famously so, yes -

    http://www.universetoday.com/2008/04/21/the-best-engineering-tool-in-space-duct-tape/

    1. Sir Runcible Spoon
      Thumb Up

      Sir

      thanks, that confirms my suspicions that it is one of the most useful things ever invented, after breasts.

      1. Anonymous Coward
        Paris Hilton

        Surely you jest

        My cat would say otherwise.

  4. Bucky 2
    Pint

    Now Look What You've Done

    I'm going to be humming that tune now all day.

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