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Something that characterizes an industry. In nuclear power, it was cooling towers. In Home construction, hammers or duct tape. In spacecraft, it is that yellow Kapton tape. The stuff was to spacecraft constuction what duct tape is to domestic building and repair. Some is draped down from the rover. In iMax pictures of the shuttle, Kapton tape floats off of walls in the cargo bay.
Two functions necessary for spacecraft. It must withstand UV radiation AND it must not outgas. Nylon, for example, is taboo in spacecraft because nylon continues to outgas. But Kapton tape was the one material good for fixing almost anything on a spacecraft.
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