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Stuck valve stalls NASA's 2nd attempt to fuel giant Artemis 1 moon rocket
space.com ^ | By Tariq Malik

Posted on 04/04/2022 10:17:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin

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1 posted on 04/04/2022 10:17:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Ask Elon Musk what to do. He’s the rocket scientist.


2 posted on 04/04/2022 10:22:10 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Why did Joe Biden cross the road? He was hoping that you would know why.)
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To: BenLurkin

Back to the drawing board.
I would guess that each launching attempt is very costly, whether successful or not.
Maybe they’ll allow a few weeks to pass before try number 3.


3 posted on 04/04/2022 10:23:55 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Jonty30

No need. Just send someone up a ladder with a can of WD-40.


4 posted on 04/04/2022 10:29:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: BenLurkin

Valves are a pain. We had one that stuck every time we recovered from a reactor scram. Then there were the other two types that used to peeve me, the ones that leaked and the ones that were going too.


5 posted on 04/04/2022 10:35:35 PM PDT by Equine1952 (MM1(SS). Don’t call me sir! I’m a straight coupled Machinist Mate. )
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To: BenLurkin

I am not a rocket scientist but I know many

SLS is not a good anything


6 posted on 04/04/2022 10:51:04 PM PDT by algore
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To: BenLurkin

Not an engineer. Just an old numbers cruncher. But it seems to me it’s impossible to have an expected failure rate of all the mission critical parts of some machine be precisely equal to zero out to however many decimal places you’d like. And the larger and more complicated the machine in question, the more frequently you’re going to see a sudden catastrophic failure of some kind.

So it makes me nervous when they start talking about.. “Let’s build this big complicated rocket ship, put a whole bunch of people on it, and blast it off into outer space.” lol


7 posted on 04/04/2022 11:11:16 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: algore

If oxygen and hydrogen ain’t water it’s an explosion looking for a place to happen. O2 generators always worried the crap outta me.


8 posted on 04/04/2022 11:11:32 PM PDT by Equine1952 (MM1(SS). Don’t call me sir! I’m a straight coupled Machinist Mate. )
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To: LibWhacker

Challenger space shuttle. Three orings failed. Predicted. Happened. Crew and a school teacher spread all over the Everglades. NASA.


9 posted on 04/04/2022 11:15:34 PM PDT by Equine1952 (MM1(SS). Don’t call me sir! I’m a straight coupled Machinist Mate. )
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To: BenLurkin

This why nasa is having a wet dress rehearsal to work out any issues.


10 posted on 04/04/2022 11:43:39 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!you)
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To: BenLurkin

They need more diversity! Send some trannies to unstuck it. Maybe a few muzzies can help. Trannies and muzzies side by side.


11 posted on 04/04/2022 11:54:26 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: BenLurkin

Call the savior of social media lol


12 posted on 04/04/2022 11:55:07 PM PDT by wardaddy (Free Republic land of the earnest headline readers )
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To: BenLurkin

They forgot the WD40.


13 posted on 04/05/2022 12:36:41 AM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: HYPOCRACY

Have all of the engineers involved declared their pronouns?


14 posted on 04/05/2022 3:45:08 AM PDT by Dagnabitt
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To: Jonty30

Rocket wizard actually.


15 posted on 04/05/2022 5:14:33 AM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers)
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To: lee martell

This isn’t the launch attempt yet. This is the dress rehearsal, where they load everything up but don’t actually start the rockets. Finding this kind of issue before the actual launch attempt is what this test is for.


16 posted on 04/05/2022 5:34:45 AM PDT by Campion (All we are saying is give peace a chance.)
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To: Equine1952

The only NASA sign I saw in Huntsville that even hinted at humor was the one at the liquid hydrogen storage facility: Liquid Hydrogen Storage. No Smoking. Violators will be vaporized.


17 posted on 04/05/2022 5:45:18 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: BenLurkin

Oh for cryin out loud...
Hit it with a hammer, it will come loose..


18 posted on 04/05/2022 5:49:05 AM PDT by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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To: Dagnabitt
"Have all of the engineers involved declared their pronouns?"

You're right! Let's make sure we get to the important stuff first.

The first time I go to a meeting where we "Go around the room and declare our pronouns" will be the day I quit ANY place I am working. Immediately. Before they finish going around the room.

19 posted on 04/05/2022 5:54:20 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: Jonty30

More delays for Artemis means the FCC and EPA will push off permitting SpaceX testing still further into the future.


20 posted on 04/05/2022 6:05:19 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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