Steve ([info]anton_p_nym) wrote,
@ 2009-06-13 07:44:00
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Awww...
This morning's launch of the shuttle Endeavor was scrubbed due to a leaky valve on the hydrogen line. Looks to be a minimum 4 day delay, just to replace the valve, possibly longer if the mission gets "bumped" by an upcoming lunar orbital mission.

-- Steve was really looking forward to starting his day by watching history.


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[info]seawasp
2009-06-13 12:54 pm UTC (link)
Leaking hydrogen *BAAAD*. (the company I work for is working on a hydrogen leak/flame detection system for NASA, so I know a lot more about this than I did a couple years ago).

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[info]anton_p_nym
2009-06-13 02:33 pm UTC (link)
Oh yeah, hydrogen is a damned tricky fuel. Back in high school I had an electrolysis rig blow up on me in an after class chemistry project; fortunately I was in another room and the lab was empty, so no harm beyond some broken glassware and a fused breaker... I had to end it there, and lost a lot of marks, but that sure taught me to respect the stuff.

-- Steve just wishes that the valve hadn't failed, on the second launch in a row to boot.

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