tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post4819893709831699635..comments2024-03-27T19:38:49.490-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: The Strange Story of the Space Station Air LeakSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-19843702470523567992018-09-12T19:46:30.684-04:002018-09-12T19:46:30.684-04:00In Russia, quality control isn't.In Russia, quality control isn't.Nuke Road Warriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122662466990452477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-6503468530849948862018-09-11T13:36:26.588-04:002018-09-11T13:36:26.588-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Tasha Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02389426694153716491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-91808475768911891842018-09-09T09:18:10.033-04:002018-09-09T09:18:10.033-04:00Anonymous.
My shore duty tour was at the Aegis sit...Anonymous.<br />My shore duty tour was at the Aegis site in NJ. <br />I was a first class machinist mate, and during a meeting I questioned why the port and starboard cooling loops couldn't be cross connected. <br />The civilian NAVSEA engineer, (I will not use his name) said, "I had the design changed to isolate the loops because the sailors would be be stupid to run it properly.")<br />After I expressed my beliefs, I wasn't allowed to attend meetings any more, and the whole experience with the weapons procurement systems played at part in my leaving active duty at the eight year point. <br />I'm sure that the lack of a cathodic protection system was brought up, ran aground on the rocky shores of "No input allowed," and wasn't brought up again. John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-70500246996460734512018-09-07T08:18:20.138-04:002018-09-07T08:18:20.138-04:00As a former snipe, my favorite was the LCS 2 desig...As a former snipe, my favorite was the LCS 2 designed without a cathodic protection system. Little crappy ship program with a lot of crappy oversight. Corrosion due to dissimilar metals in contact with seawater has been known for over a century. How a major defence contractor overlooks such a basic system, and how it gets past NAVSEA and is not discovered until the vessel is commissioned, is beyond my ken. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-57450046419115018162018-09-07T08:04:37.660-04:002018-09-07T08:04:37.660-04:00I would also wonder about their level of contamina...I would also wonder about their level of contamination control. I'm not sure if you're aware of one of the technical aspects of drilling material: the drilling process tends to generate chips or shavings. If these are not contained, they end up around the work area. And metal chips or shavings that are not removed before launch will float enthusiastically in a zero-g environment. How would you like to end up with one of those in your eyes? Or have them short out a critical electrical contact?<br /><br />Of course, there are possibilities for entertainment from FOD on orbit. One of the Spacelab missions flew monkeys and rats. At times during the mission, the astronauts opened the cages to work with the animals. One of the astronauts had also brought some raisins as a snack, and they were having fun tossing a raisin or two into the air, letting it float in zero-g, and then grabbing it with their mouth. Can you see where this is going?<br />}:-]Mark Matisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-81073616268927925282018-09-07T07:40:01.638-04:002018-09-07T07:40:01.638-04:00Not an air leak, but when you serve on a 31 year o...Not an air leak, but when you serve on a 31 year old Navy destroyer you find out that the water doesn't always stay on the outside of the hull.<br />Not a manufacturing defect, the leaks were proof that rust doesn't sleep. <br />John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-73452788446157936812018-09-07T03:26:08.330-04:002018-09-07T03:26:08.330-04:00Just run a sheet metal screw in there, and the res...<i>Just run a sheet metal screw in there, and the residual leakage would fade into the background loss.</i><br /><br />One of those nice ones for metal roofs with the rubber washer under the head. Then find out which Russian astronaut's small child got a DeWalt drill for Christmas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-79719320013280286972018-09-06T23:37:49.882-04:002018-09-06T23:37:49.882-04:00Please do. Would make a very interesting story.Please do. Would make a very interesting story.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-88142137480516774052018-09-06T22:46:37.216-04:002018-09-06T22:46:37.216-04:00Just run a sheet metal screw in there, and the res...Just run a sheet metal screw in there, and the residual leakage would fade into the background loss. <br /><br />How do you say in Russian, "What is that hissing noise?"<br />Ritchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08075903551422300106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-12535129652694080332018-09-06T20:40:03.403-04:002018-09-06T20:40:03.403-04:00Fortunately, the hole was in the Orbital Module an...Fortunately, the hole was in the Orbital Module and not the Descent Module.<br /><br />Considering some of the other issues found on Russian made components, this does not surprise me. What does surprise me is they are actually admitting it for once.<br />Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-70227764647324564442018-09-06T20:37:39.414-04:002018-09-06T20:37:39.414-04:00I heard about that over Labor Day, but never follo...I heard about that over Labor Day, but never followed up on it.<br /><br />An unreported screw-up like that at Boeing <i><b>WILL</b></i> get you fired, union or no. We took hundreds of "close-out" photos, and any time any body had physical contact with the payload unit, it was logged. U.S. policies are very strict.<br /><br />Remind me to tell you about the satellite they ran the overhead crane into at Baikonur.......drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.com