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Test launch of Boeing's Starliner delayed due to stuck valves
- gvb 5y ago"Test teams are applying mechanical, electrical and thermal techniques to prompt the valves to open" Wait, what? They are heating and banging on them to "fix" them?!
- Arrath 5y agoLove the careful wording around it, though. Not just "An intern is using the break room crème brûlée torch and a soft hammer to coax the recalcitrant sucker to open" Reminds me of a particular incident with a frozen 1/2" water line valve on a tanker truck of explosives, and yes someone was trying to thaw it out with a little torch lighter. While I was waaaaaay over on the other side of the site.