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Duct Tape in Space

Whoever told you this is wrong. Duct Tape is useful everywhere. See:

http://www.ducttapeguys.com/NASA/index.html

But you'd have some major trouble with suction cups!

Duct tape saved one of the Apollo crews

They did have trouble getting duck (not "duct", it was used to seal the edges of canvas duck tarps to protect cargo from rain etc.) tape to hold on one of the later Apollo missions. The fender of the Lunar Rover needed repairing but was so dusty the duck tape wouldn't hold. They ended up using clamps to hold a spare map in place so the tire would not throw dust all over the astronauts.

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