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1 posted on 12/22/2015 7:31:16 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Thank God there’s still time for “Muslim Outreach”!


2 posted on 12/22/2015 7:32:47 PM PST by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: Olog-hai

“Tony Stark built this from a box of scraps!! ... in a cave!!!”

Well, NASA clearly isn’t Tony Stark.


3 posted on 12/22/2015 7:35:50 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (I don't know what Claire Wolfe is thinking but I know what I am thinking.)
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To: Olog-hai

Seals have a pouch?


4 posted on 12/22/2015 7:38:03 PM PST by Paladin2 (my non-desktop devices are no longer allowed to try to fix speling and punctuation, nor my gran-mah.)
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To: Olog-hai

John Carter: “Tardos Mors it is a cannister containing seal urine, and a dead seal. Sent here at great effort and expense.”
Dejah Thoris: “But John Carter how could your planet send us such a ... gift?”
John Carter: “I guess they didn’t check if the seal leaked.”


7 posted on 12/22/2015 7:54:52 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Olog-hai

But what about Mark Watney?


8 posted on 12/22/2015 8:02:28 PM PST by Cyman
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Of course they don’t have time. They’re too busy banging their head on the floor and sniffing hiney 5x a day!


10 posted on 12/22/2015 8:12:25 PM PST by rawcatslyentist (Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,)
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To: Olog-hai

Maybe they can fix it with a head scarf.


11 posted on 12/22/2015 8:13:25 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm fed up.)
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"A redesign of the part could make the 2018 opportunity unlikely since it could take up to five years."

hang in there Buzz!

12 posted on 12/22/2015 8:13:54 PM PST by HonkyTonkMan
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"NASA managers and French designers of the instrument said Tuesday they must now decide whether the pouch's vacuum seal needs to be repaired, redesigned or the mission scrapped. .."


13 posted on 12/22/2015 8:18:51 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Olog-hai

Maybe the seal got hit a glancing blow by a Canadian Club while it was a baby. The seal survived, but now it leaks.


14 posted on 12/22/2015 8:25:37 PM PST by PAR35
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To: Olog-hai

Ummm...how ‘bout a sturdy plastic bag and some duct tape?


16 posted on 12/22/2015 8:51:39 PM PST by mkleesma (`Call to me, and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.')
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Three months isn’t enough time, FOR A SIMPLE SEAL? Fire the entire design team, give me half of what you’ve been paying them, and I’ll give you a testable, working seal design in one month.


17 posted on 12/22/2015 9:41:07 PM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: Olog-hai

Apparently they ran out of duct tape.


19 posted on 12/23/2015 1:24:21 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: Olog-hai
They can fix TWO of those things for twenty bucks...


22 posted on 12/23/2015 7:06:21 AM PST by Paradox (Not on the Trump Bandwagon, but I do enjoy the show.)
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To: Olog-hai
French designed, huh?

The new French nuclear carrier "Charles de Gaulle" has suffered from a seemingly endless string of problems since it was first conceived in 1986. The 40,000 ton ship has cost over four billion dollars so far and is slower than the diesel powered carrier it replaced. Flaws in the "de Gaulle" have led it to using the propellers from it predecessor, the "Foch," because the ones built for "de Gaulle" never worked right and the propeller manufacturer went out of business in 1999. Worse, the nuclear reactor installation was done poorly, exposing the engine crew to five times the allowable annual dose of radiation. There were also problems with the design of the deck, making it impossible to operate the E-2 radar aircraft that are essential to defending the ship and controlling offensive operations.

Many other key components of the ship did not work correctly, including several key electronic systems. The carrier has been under constant repair and modification. The "de Gaulle" took eleven years to build (1988-99) and was not ready for service until late 2000. It's been downhill ever since. The de Gaulle is undergoing still more repairs and modifications. The government is being sued for exposing crew members to dangerous levels of radiation. The cause of the problems can be traced to the decision to install nuclear reactors designed for French submarines, instead of spending more money and designing reactors specifically for the carrier. Construction started and stopped several times because to cuts to the defense budget and when construction did resume, there was enormous pressure on the builders to get on with it quickly, and cheaply, before the project was killed. The result was a carrier with a lot of expensive problems.

So the plan is to buy into the new British carrier building program and keep the "de Gaulle" in port and out of trouble as much as possible. The British have a lot more experience building carriers, and if there are any problems with the British designed ship, the French can blame the British.

How not to build an aircraft carrier

23 posted on 12/23/2015 7:26:44 AM PST by Madame Dufarge
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