Yes, of course duct tape works in a near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshiped.
If ruining the only religious icon I have leaves me vulnerable to Martian vampires, I’ll have to risk it.
Also, I have duct tape. Ordinary duct tape, like you buy at a hardware store. Turns out even NASA can’t improve on duct tape.
I guess you could call it a “failure”, but I prefer the term “learning experience”.
I need to ask myself, ‘What would an Apollo astronaut do?’ He’d drink three whiskey sours, drive his Corvette to the launchpad, then fly to the moon in a command module smaller than my Rover. Man those guys were cool.
If you want to play it safe all the time, go join an insurance company.