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To: BenLurkin
a NASA briefing this week that a problem with a "nail polish"-like substance discovered during a previous launch threatened to derail the grand plans

Recall some years ago Marine helicopters were falling out of the air because of de-laminating rotor blades

Was eventually traced to a laminating technician who would varnish her nails at beak time

The nail varnish vapor on the blades prevented proper adhesion.

5 posted on 10/30/2020 12:56:50 PM PDT by spokeshave (White Confederate statue kills black man......Another month of protests.... (HT to seawolf101))
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We had one operator who wasn’t allowed in the photolithography line. Her perfume interfered with the photoresist...


10 posted on 10/30/2020 1:25:20 PM PDT by null and void (Don't piss off old people. The older we get the less 'life in prison' is a deterent!)
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