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Boeing Starliner launch delayed to Tuesday due to helium leak
Space Daily ^
| May 15, 2024
| Doug Cunningham
Posted on 05/16/2024 7:01:24 AM PDT by Salman
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To: FreedomPoster
HElium is very expensive / in short supply,
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Biden recently sold the US helium stock pile - don’t know the buyer - China?
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posted on
05/16/2024 9:15:46 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: Salman
Reliability! Flash Gordon’s vehicles never had all these problems.
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posted on
05/16/2024 10:08:03 AM PDT
by
citizen
(Put all LBQTwhatever programming on a new subscription service: PERV-TThose look good)
To: moovova
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posted on
05/16/2024 10:08:52 AM PDT
by
citizen
(Put all LBQTwhatever programming on a new subscription service: PERV-TThose look good)
To: pfflier
Don’t forget “Muslim outreach”.
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posted on
05/16/2024 11:08:04 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
Was half-expecting some Austin Powers end-of-movie jokes, based on the Starliner’s phallic appearance for launch . . .
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posted on
05/16/2024 11:11:30 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Salman
... a small helium leak detected in the spacecraft’s service module traced to a flange on a single reaction control system thruster.
Why didn’t they test said flange during the original assembly?
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posted on
05/16/2024 12:52:27 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Salman
It’s getting to the point where I don’t care anymore….
GET IT TOGETHER, NASA!
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posted on
05/16/2024 1:00:02 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
To: V_TWIN
I discovered recently that helium is not combustible Recently?
You might be interested to know that helium is also the most leak-prone gas of them all. More so even than hydrogen. It's used as a trace gas to detect leaks in vacuum systems.
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posted on
05/16/2024 1:03:22 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: FreedomPoster
I have a better use for that helium- let’s all take a hit and TALK LIKE DONALD DUCK!
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posted on
05/16/2024 1:03:44 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
To: pfflier
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posted on
05/16/2024 1:09:54 PM PDT
by
sonova
(No money? You're free to go.)
To: rlmorel
They may or may not still do it, but Electric Boat used to send the management of the shipyard on every new submarine on its first deep dive.
If NASA wants to improve, they should start with something like that.
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posted on
05/16/2024 1:20:32 PM PDT
by
Reverend Wright
( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
To: NorthMountain
Science wasn’t my forte in high school 😏
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posted on
05/16/2024 1:38:41 PM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: Salman
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posted on
05/16/2024 1:57:34 PM PDT
by
frank ballenger
(There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
To: Salman
My advice to the astronauts - don’t sit in an exit row.
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posted on
05/16/2024 2:04:07 PM PDT
by
OrioleFan
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
To: moovova
Video....
So much sacrifice for a classic album sleeve photo.
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posted on
05/16/2024 2:04:41 PM PDT
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frank ballenger
(There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
To: frank ballenger
Yep...good times bad times.
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posted on
05/16/2024 7:04:04 PM PDT
by
moovova
("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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