It's about time...

Last Tuesday, a group of engineers was given an award by NASA. The reason? These were the guys who ad-libbed a lithium-hyrdoxide canister adapter to mate the CSM canisters to the LEM receptacles.

(story found here)

The money quote from the article:

Among the biggest concerns was whether the astronauts had duct tape, Smylie said. He later learned duct tape was commonly used on the spacecraft to clean filters and for other tasks.

"I felt like we were home free," he said. "One thing a Southern boy will never say is, 'I don't think duct tape will fix it."'

I think I'm gonna make that personnal motto...

(Hat tip: Doug)