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Even if the design is well-tested, there may be a new process issue in the rocket's construction that is undiagnosed. Maybe there is a new person on the assemb
by CompelTechnic 8y ago
Even if the design is well-tested, there may be a new process issue in the rocket's construction that is undiagnosed.
Maybe there is a new person on the assembly line that doesn't know not to pinch o-rings when assembling fuel tubing? Maybe a swaging tool has worn out to the point that it is causing leaks? Maybe the vendor who supplies body panel rivets got a bad batch of aluminum? There are so may possible situations that it is not worth risking launches or lives over until a root cause has been found.
- solarkraft 8y agoI do doubt those scenarios. The other capsules have all flown very well over the years and this one's safety system worked perfectly well.
- Latteland 8y agoFirst let me agree that spaceflight is hard, even the billions that NASA spends has led to so many disasters. The problem there is with manufacturing and quality control. They've had endless problems with other recent rockets and it's natural to think their qualty problems hit this time. Spaceflight is one of the few area where the us and Russia are cooperating and I hope this isn't the end. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/07/10/200775748/report-upside-down-sensors-toppled-russian-rocket https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/07/10/200775748...