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minus-square@threelonmusketeersMlinkEnglish3•1 month agoWow, they’re going to go for it. We could have a Starliner-Starship double-header! (Assuming neither slips further) Helium is always a pain in the ass to contain…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoI assumed optics would force them to replace the part, even if there wasn’t an engineering reason to do so. Glad I was wrong! A small RCS leak feels like something that can be compensated for in software.
Wow, they’re going to go for it. We could have a Starliner-Starship double-header! (Assuming neither slips further)
Helium is always a pain in the ass to contain…
I assumed optics would force them to replace the part, even if there wasn’t an engineering reason to do so. Glad I was wrong!
A small RCS leak feels like something that can be compensated for in software.