[GingisK]

Too many people throw barbs at what I regard as one of the very few government agencies that provides a positive influence on our society. Then there are the "Apollo Deniers", who irritate me to my core. Pardon me if I am defensive of that bunch.

This may be of interest to you: LockTite Qualifications for Space

[Ancesthntr]

I have great admiration for what NASA engineers have been able to accomplish - when unfettered by political types. I nearly puked when Obama’s guy made “Moslem outreach” a goal. WTF? I mean, if we were going to “outreach” Moslem terrorists into space (and leave them there), that’d be fine...but its a whole lot cheaper to just toss them out the back of a cargo jet or helicopter over the ocean, and cheaper yet to just shoot the SOBs and let the pigs clean up the mess...but I’m thinking that Obama intended something else.

Thanks for the Loctite link - after getting through all of the bureaucratic language, the lessons learned were short and simple: Loctite works to keep fastened things fastened, so long as you follow the application instructions...otherwise, its of questionable use.

So...I go back to my original point that the engineers should’ve just used Loctite. :>)

[ProtectOurFreedom]

6.0 Problem Description and Proposed Solutions (Page 12)

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).