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Fuel Leak Ruins NASA's 2nd Shot at Launching Moon Rocket
Newsmax ^
| September 3, 2022
Posted on 09/03/2022 3:58:48 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
NASA’s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies.
The first attempt earlier in the week was also marred by escaping hydrogen, but those leaks were elsewhere on the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket, the most powerful ever built by NASA.
Launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson and her team tried to plug Saturday’s leak the way they did the last time: stopping and restarting the flow of super-cold liquid hydrogen in hopes of removing the gap around a seal in the supply line. They tried that twice, in fact, and also flushed helium through the line. But the leak persisted.
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KEYWORDS: girlpower
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NASA, .... (unable to maintain a straight face) ....
To: Navy Patriot
Stop spending my tax money on that bullcrap and close the border.
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posted on
09/03/2022 4:00:07 PM PDT
by
toddausauras
(Stop ALL immigration NOW. )
To: Navy Patriot
It’s no wonder look at the idiot that runs NASA now
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posted on
09/03/2022 4:00:21 PM PDT
by
NWFree
(Somebody has to say it 🤪)
To: Navy Patriot
There are hundreds of thousands of components in that rocket that have to be functioning perfectly for a successful launch. It is amazing that they will eventually succeed.
4
posted on
09/03/2022 4:02:46 PM PDT
by
odawg
To: Navy Patriot
Did this help in mooslim outreach?
5
posted on
09/03/2022 4:02:51 PM PDT
by
2banana
(Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
To: Navy Patriot
Well at least they have time to swap test dummies with FJB, Cameltoe and NaziP. Toss in a Schumer and you got a crew...
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posted on
09/03/2022 4:03:10 PM PDT
by
Adder
(ALL Democrats are the enemy. NO QUARTER!!)
To: Navy Patriot
That’s what happens when you hire major Nelson to run nasa
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posted on
09/03/2022 4:03:25 PM PDT
by
NWFree
(Somebody has to say it 🤪)
To: Navy Patriot
End SLS and let SpaceX land on the moon.
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posted on
09/03/2022 4:03:28 PM PDT
by
Fai Mao
(Stop feeding the beast, and steal its food!)
To: Fai Mao
Yep. Musk is just waiting for the call.
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posted on
09/03/2022 4:05:29 PM PDT
by
buwaya
(Strategic imperatives )
To: 2banana
lol... exactly what I was wondering.
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posted on
09/03/2022 4:05:38 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: NWFree
That’s what happens when you hire major Nelson to run nasaYeah, when you could hire Barbra Eden and prove Eden is Real!
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posted on
09/03/2022 4:06:06 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Celebrate Decivilization)
To: Navy Patriot
Government works programs for nerds produce nothing of value. SpaceX is eating their lunch and making NASA look exactly like the welfare jobs program that they are. I expect that the launch, when it happens, will end up in a fireball.
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posted on
09/03/2022 4:06:09 PM PDT
by
WMarshal
(Neocons and leftards are the same species of vicious rat.)
To: odawg
“There are hundreds of thousands of components in that rocket that have to be functioning perfectly for a successful launch. It is amazing that they will eventually succeed.”
Yes.
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posted on
09/03/2022 4:07:02 PM PDT
by
dljordan
To: Navy Patriot
Vanguard II.
I bet the team was very diverse, though.
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posted on
09/03/2022 4:07:27 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(When policemen break the law, then there isn't any law - just a fight for survival)
To: Navy Patriot
Come on guys! It’s not exactly rocket science!
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posted on
09/03/2022 4:07:40 PM PDT
by
LeoTDB69
To: Navy Patriot
Launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson and her team
Houston, I think I found the problem... a hyphenated girl named Charlie. Probably the first hyphenated girl launch director EVAH! Because DIVERSITY (not competence!) IS OUR STRENGTH. At least her pronoun is her...
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posted on
09/03/2022 4:11:04 PM PDT
by
Nervous Tick
(Truth is not hate speech.)
To: 2banana
Did this help in mooslim outreach?No, NASA insists on using systemically racist parts such as landing gear on Muslim piloted vehicles.
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posted on
09/03/2022 4:13:21 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Celebrate Decivilization)
To: Navy Patriot
Maybe Jeannie can blink this thing off the ground for Nelson
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posted on
09/03/2022 4:14:52 PM PDT
by
NWFree
(Somebody has to say it 🤪)
To: toddausauras
Stop spending my tax money on that bullcrap and close the border. Today it means Biden will crow "with the billions now diverted from space shots I am ordering the money to go for reparations for black people and doubling the student loan forgiveness."
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posted on
09/03/2022 4:15:05 PM PDT
by
frank ballenger
(You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
To: Nervous Tick
Yeah, I didn’t want to point out that Charlie (a Girl) can’t plug a leak.
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posted on
09/03/2022 4:15:53 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Celebrate Decivilization)
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