Posted on 05/04/2018 1:46:23 PM PDT by Red Badger
I never thought about that connection until now. That is really frickin' hilarious!
Clearly, great minds think alike. :>)
I got out of the high tech development business awhile ago, mostly because of the creeping Political Correctness. The entire advanced development business has now been subverted with the hiring of mediocre people who have the right skin color or are the correct sex., and they have no idea how to sweat the details.
One who think for 8 billion plus, somebody, anybody would know how to tighten a few nuts and washers.
I’m surprised there’s not a division dedicated to this task alone.
A nut ..a washer...
Pretty soon you got real problems!
oh my goodness I miss that show!
There are versions of the stuff made for space vehicles. I suppose that is because NASA contractors use it all of the time. My guess is that something well beyond your experience range affected those fasteners.
Maybe something entirely different caused the problem.
I like pop-rivets. Oreos and Dove Bars even more.
ISS fastening system hardware use anaerobic Liquid Locking Compounds (LLCs) as a means of meeting secondary locking feature requirements. During ground vibration testing, joints that had been assembled with LLCs failed to prevent fastener loosening (i.e., preload loss).
IF ONLY their budget hadn’t been cut, they would have done it right the first time.
\snort
I know you are joking, but you aren't far off, because the heat variations that will occur on that machine will be very wide. And there will be no room for error. So even if it costs $2 per tube to make, the R&D will be incredibly high for probably a one gallon production run.
I support material requirements for some aviation repair facilities and everything cost more- a lot more. Why? Because very strict performance standards with very limited production runs.
That’s the government for you.
Hey - removing that pan was almost beyond my experience factor! BUT - seeing as this failed while moving it between buildings - I’m just wondering if the same sort of vibrations that could loosen my little flat plate would loosen their big “plate”?
I was thinking that with these space vehicles they don’t need to worry about making things accessible for repairs (like I wish they did for my cars!). But - I suppose with all of the on-the-ground testing and possibility of failures or upgrades, they do need to figure on making repairs.
But your point is well made - it is pretty amazing how they can build stuff for space - and 40+ years ago at that.
Hmm - I was just thinking, talking about repairs or upgrades, I wonder if the screws were tightened down all the way and with their threadlock or whatever they use.
“Hey Harry - just get them snug but don’t torque them down. I want to get into the A panel tomorrow.” And then of course forgets about it, etc. Although one would think there would be checklists in triplicate for that type of thing.
The spacecraft that follows this one will be named the Chelsea.
“In space its a disaster.................”
In space, no one can hear you scream...”Dammit! Not another loose screw!”
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