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Boeing Starliner officials may know ‘root cause’ of issues with astronaut flight (www.cnn.com)

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Heat building up inside the thrusters may be causing Teflon seals to bulge, restricting the flow of propellant.

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[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 52 points 2 months ago

They forgot to check how tolerant the hypergolic thrusters were to heat…? The primary waste byproduct of chemical thrusters?

Jesus fuck. That is pants-on-head stupid. Boeing’s processes have clearly gone to seed. That is absolutely insane, and in this context, kind of indefensible.

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