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Wasn’t there also some issue with water when the A-12 or SR-71 was being built? Like the local water treatment plant started fluoridating the water or something
by nocoiner 10mo ago
Wasn’t there also some issue with water when the A-12 or SR-71 was being built? Like the local water treatment plant started fluoridating the water or something, and it completely screwed up the production process?
- kerkeslager 10mo ago"Completely screwed up the production process" seems a bit overstatement: with the budgets at stake for these projects, adding a distillation step to the water isn't some massive financial burden.
- nocoiner 10mo agoFair enough! I think the primary issue was that for a while, no one had any idea why previous processes just stopped working. But my recollection of this is obviously hazy at best.
- Grosvenor 10mo agoYes. They had to scrap tons of parts until they figured it out. iirc they had to add the impurity back IN to get the process working again.