{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Tape That Could","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69304179d6bc23eda246da43/e74df73a-82c6-411f-97b4-edf4a498ba4f.jpg?height=200","description":"After the oxygen tank explosion on Apollo 13, the three astronauts had to shelter in the lunar module—designed for two people for two days. The carbon dioxide was building up to lethal levels. The command module had spare filters, but they were square. The lunar module's sockets were round. Engineers on Earth had to figure out how to fit a square peg in a round hole using only materials on the spacecraft. They grabbed everything the astronauts had—duct tape, plastic bags, cardboard from manuals, a sock—and built an adapter. Instructions were radioed up, and the crew assembled it in space. It worked. The improvised air scrubber kept them alive for the four-day journey home. Sometimes the most sophisticated space mission in history depends on duct tape.","author_name":"Atween Studios"}