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It's probably a valve failure. Valves have a hard job, since they have to survive in extreme cold and heat and not deform too much, if at all. SpaceX is proba
by mannyv 2y ago
It's probably a valve failure.
Valves have a hard job, since they have to survive in extreme cold and heat and not deform too much, if at all.
SpaceX is probably one of the few companies on earth that can detect metal fatigue well. I suppose at some point they'll also have the most reliable valves on the market. Material that has done 23 transitions between extreme hot/cold is something no other company probably has, and is a gold mine of data for materials people.
- cbolton 2y ago23 transitions between extreme hot and cold doesn't sound too difficult to do in a lab though. I guess it's harder to do in a lab if at the same time you want to reproduce the space and time distribution of forces experienced by the material during a space flight.