Wilshire@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agoBoeing Starliner officials may know ‘root cause’ of issues with astronaut flightwww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1151file-text
arrow-up1151external-linkBoeing Starliner officials may know ‘root cause’ of issues with astronaut flightwww.cnn.comWilshire@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-text
tl;dr Heat building up inside the thrusters may be causing Teflon seals to bulge, restricting the flow of propellant.
minus-squarePsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoTbf, those people aren’t generally responsible for the failures of the people that both install things or verify installed things. And the bolts in that scenario don’t actually need to be tight.
minus-squareverity_kindle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoMy comment was intended to be facetious. The MAX’s door plug bolts were not supposed to be tight when the door unplugged/undoored/peaced out in flight?
minus-squarePsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoYeah, np. No, they don’t have to be tight ever. They’re locked in by geometry and wire.
Tbf, those people aren’t generally responsible for the failures of the people that both install things or verify installed things.
And the bolts in that scenario don’t actually need to be tight.
My comment was intended to be facetious. The MAX’s door plug bolts were not supposed to be tight when the door unplugged/undoored/peaced out in flight?
Yeah, np.
No, they don’t have to be tight ever. They’re locked in by geometry and wire.