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To: Red Badger
I get the Hubbell telescope. But why is this one named the Webb telescope? Is this really the Webb-Hubbell planet-exploration program? Really?
2 posted on
05/04/2018 1:50:01 PM PDT by
dangus
To: Red Badger
Appropriate, given the nut it’s named after...
3 posted on
05/04/2018 1:51:37 PM PDT by
afsnco
(18 of 20 in AF JAG)
4 posted on
05/04/2018 1:51:50 PM PDT by
Rio
(I was deplorable when deplorable wasn't cool.)
To: Red Badger
My first thought was, “What, none of these genius engineers ever heard of Loctite?”
Clearly, great minds think alike. :>)
6 posted on
05/04/2018 1:56:14 PM PDT by
Ancesthntr
("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
To: Red Badger
screws and washers” are falling off the spacecraft and sunshield it is building.......................... Errrrrrrr? Maybe if you use American made nuts and bolts there wouldn’t be a problem. I have a damn time using nails and screws that are imported. Our stuff is like hard metal, not marshmallows.
7 posted on
05/04/2018 1:57:48 PM PDT by
Bringbackthedraft
(Damn Tag line, fouled up again, thanks cursor.)
To: Red Badger
10 posted on
05/04/2018 1:59:31 PM PDT by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Red Badger
I guess they need Cosmic Certified Locktite. $50k per tube.
12 posted on
05/04/2018 2:00:57 PM PDT by
ImJustAnotherOkie
(All I know is what I read in the papers.)
To: Red Badger
Prolly torqued down by goobermint employees.
13 posted on
05/04/2018 2:01:07 PM PDT by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: Red Badger
inorite!?
I have some in my garage, and I expect as many as a quarter of us here do. We’re old school.
14 posted on
05/04/2018 2:06:33 PM PDT by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Red Badger
Clearly, NASA needs to step up their muslm outreach.
16 posted on
05/04/2018 2:09:38 PM PDT by
Paulie
(America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
To: Red Badger
Nope! Drill the screws and use cotter pins.
17 posted on
05/04/2018 2:10:30 PM PDT by
raybbr
(That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
To: Red Badger
18 posted on
05/04/2018 2:13:22 PM PDT by
Maurice Tift
(Never wear anything that panics the cat. -- P.J. O'Rourke)
To: Red Badger
How does it hold up in vacuum when heated to 250F and then quickly cooled to -250F? It doesn’t.
21 posted on
05/04/2018 2:22:23 PM PDT by
GingisK
To: Red Badger
The important issue is whether the muslins feel good about this project.
32 posted on
05/04/2018 2:34:41 PM PDT by
lurk
To: Red Badger
Yeah, screws and washers ... but where are the nuts?
33 posted on
05/04/2018 2:35:50 PM PDT by
NonValueAdded
(#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #cishet #MyPresident #MAGA #Winning #covfefe)
To: Red Badger
Where are they getting their fasteners? Harbor Freight?
36 posted on
05/04/2018 2:39:19 PM PDT by
Noumenon
(It isn't racist if it's true, is it?)
To: Red Badger
The same agency that sent men to the moon a half century ago now seems to be incapable of tightening a bolt.
42 posted on
05/04/2018 2:49:35 PM PDT by
Flick Lives
(The FBI is the Mob)
To: Red Badger
Unfortunately that type doesn’t survive the extreme cold of deep space
Teflon tape works better so do good technicians who know how
If they are now saying fly in 2020 that’s another slip
Mission creep and snake bit from the start. It is a giant money sucking hole that prevents other projects from being funded
46 posted on
05/04/2018 2:51:53 PM PDT by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: Red Badger
https://www.nippon.com/en/features/c00602/As many as 20,000 pairs of nuts and bolts are required to assemble the 16 cars on a Shinkansen bullet train. With the trains whizzing along at 250 kilometers per hour, a single loose bolt could cause a major disaster. Painstaking safety checks and regular retightening of nuts is one way to prevent accidents, but one that involves serious investments of time and money. One of the unsung heroes whose work has enabled the Shinkansen to operate safely and affordably year after year is Wakabayashi Katsuhiko, the 78-year-old president of Hard Lock Industry Co., Ltd, who revolutionized rail safety by inventing a unique nut that never comes loose.
More at the linky.
57 posted on
05/04/2018 3:44:26 PM PDT by
texas booster
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To: Red Badger
"Thread-locking fluids and tapes are a great way to make sure your suspect bolts stay where they should, and nyloc nuts can also keep components snug and secure."
Do they not teach safety wire anymore?
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