To: MtnClimber
Boeing doesn’t make the EVA suits used on the ISS. They’re made by ILC Dover, the same company that made the suits for Apollo.
18 posted on
06/25/2024 10:30:54 AM PDT by
Campion
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To: Campion
I don’t want an affirmative action hire plumber—whether they manufactured the plumbing fixtures is irrelevant.
25 posted on
06/25/2024 10:57:17 AM PDT by
cgbg
("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
To: Campion
The problem I have been hearing about is helium leaks in the Boeing Starliner spacecraft maneuvering system that stopped working when in flight, not in the suits that the astronauts wear.
28 posted on
06/25/2024 11:05:19 AM PDT by
MtnClimber
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To: Campion
The spacewalk problem is with the suit. You are right. But that is the least of their problems. I bet NASA has “diversity” requirements on every contract so ILC may not be the same company they once were.
29 posted on
06/25/2024 11:09:00 AM PDT by
MtnClimber
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