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Washington scientist admits to fabricating steel-strength results for US Navy subs for over 30 years: Took 'shortcuts' because she thought safety test criteria was 'stupid'
UK Daily Mail ^ | 11/09/2021 | Alex Hammer

Posted on 11/09/2021 12:57:49 PM PST by DFG

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To: DFG

One person covering the entire submarine supply chain? How was she found out?


21 posted on 11/09/2021 1:23:49 PM PST by jettester (I got paid to break 'em - not fly 'em)
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To: jettester

Sorry, didn’t read far enough down past the stupid ads.....


22 posted on 11/09/2021 1:26:09 PM PST by jettester (I got paid to break 'em - not fly 'em)
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To: jettester

Sorry, didn’t read far enough down past the stupid ads.....


23 posted on 11/09/2021 1:26:15 PM PST by jettester (I got paid to break 'em - not fly 'em)
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To: DFG

ADM Rickover just rolled over in his grave......


24 posted on 11/09/2021 1:26:19 PM PST by cranked
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To: DFG

But she got vaccinated right? That’s all that matters.


25 posted on 11/09/2021 1:28:51 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: DFG

Prison ‘til death.


26 posted on 11/09/2021 1:30:09 PM PST by oil_dude
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To: KC_Lion
My grandson works for Electric Boat in Ct. (Submarines)

But he wants soooooo bad to work for Elon Musk. I'm sure he'll go after a job in Texas.

27 posted on 11/09/2021 1:31:40 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: DFG

and her work was NEVER audited because??? -— oh, yeah, stylish...


28 posted on 11/09/2021 1:32:35 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: DesertRhino

“she thought it was ‘stupid’ that the Navy required the tests to be conducted at negative-100 degrees Fahrenheit”

I kind of think so also. I realize Arctic temps can be cold but when submerged nothing like that.


29 posted on 11/09/2021 1:32:44 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: DFG

Ft Leavenworth…Geology Long Course.


30 posted on 11/09/2021 1:35:54 PM PST by Redleg Duke (“I’m not the olny one!”)
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To: DFG

Shoot, I feel bad if I fudge .001 on a non critical dimension. Some people need horse whipped


31 posted on 11/09/2021 1:37:26 PM PST by BudgieRamone (Everybody loves a bonk on the head.)
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To: BudgieRamone

In a serious country, her prolonged and agonizing crucifixion would be televised as a warning to others.


32 posted on 11/09/2021 1:39:47 PM PST by TheConservator (Beware the tyranny of the woke mob. There has never been a greater threat to liberty.)
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To: DFG

So, is she some kind of sociopath?


33 posted on 11/09/2021 1:42:26 PM PST by servo1969
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To: steve86; AndyJackson

Ok, I appreciate Andy’s take on this on the other thread. Results at -100°F, even though the metal will never be exposed to that in service, can be used to establish suitably of the metallurgy. This is because engineering allows inference of test results across temperature ranges, and a certain result in the testing environment implies suitability or lack thereof in the operating environment. So the Navy knew what it was doing.


34 posted on 11/09/2021 1:43:36 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: qwerty1234
Thats the real question isn’t it?

No, the real question is compliance to contractual specifications. If you disagree with the specs you get the contract changed, you don't ignore them and you certainly don't falsify the results.

35 posted on 11/09/2021 1:45:12 PM PST by pfflier
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To: DFG

She the one who signed off on HY100?


36 posted on 11/09/2021 1:47:05 PM PST by mylife (Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
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To: dainbramaged

Exactly, and for the rest of her days > IMO.

This is a tragic nightmare. She could have jeopardized a
significant portion of our fleet.


37 posted on 11/09/2021 1:55:11 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Democrats, fixing things that haven't been broken, so they don't work, for over 197 years.)
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To: Bayard
What pisses me off the most about this is that it wasn’t until year 32 that it was found out.

And she would have gotten away with it too,, if it wasn't for those meddling kids...

She may be correct that the inspection standards were stupid. A lot of defense contract specifications have questionable stuff slid into them, usually by the contractor so that they get a competitive advantage in getting that contract awarded and renewed by that one company.. Nobody was putting a gun to her head to do them though, and she had three decades to push up the chain to correct them.

Just think of how many naval officers over those 32 years got away with checking the box and retired to second careers with those naval contractors. Wonder what else they didn't do their due diligence on along the way.

38 posted on 11/09/2021 1:55:27 PM PST by jz638
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To: DFG
moral compass

What 'moral compass' allows you to fake steel reports which could easily lead to the losses of hundreds of lives in peacetime or wartime?
39 posted on 11/09/2021 1:59:37 PM PST by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: DFG

Nothing new. The scumbag from the California Department of Transportation who did the ‘analysis’ for the supporting piles on the multi-billion dollar Bay Bridge also faked the numbers.

A friend of mine who works for that agency says the bridge is almost certainly going to fail in a moderate temblor.

What’s worse is this has been known about since about 2015 and nothing’s been done to deal with the problem.

https://www.americanmanufacturing.org/blog/dang-the-chinese-made-bay-bridge-continues-to-fall-apart/


40 posted on 11/09/2021 2:15:26 PM PST by MercyFlush (DANGER: You are being conditioned to view your freedom as selfish)
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