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  • 25 Years Since the Shuttle Hydrogen Leaks

    From StarDust@21:1/5 to All on Sun Sep 4 10:10:31 2022
    https://www.americaspace.com/2015/08/01/summer-of-discontent-25-years-since-the-shuttle-hydrogen-leaks-part-1/

    Artemis-1 isn’t the first time liquid hydrogen quick-disconnects have been a pain in the neck for launches
    One would wonder , in 25 years , NASA would fix things for good?

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  • From Martin Brown@21:1/5 to StarDust on Sun Sep 4 20:08:25 2022
    On 04/09/2022 18:10, StarDust wrote:
    https://www.americaspace.com/2015/08/01/summer-of-discontent-25-years-since-the-shuttle-hydrogen-leaks-part-1/

    Artemis-1 isn’t the first time liquid hydrogen quick-disconnects have been a pain in the neck for launches
    One would wonder , in 25 years , NASA would fix things for good?

    Hydrogen is *incredibly* good at leaking.
    It will diffuse through solid steel.

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    Regards,
    Martin Brown

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to Martin Brown on Sun Sep 4 13:19:01 2022
    On Sunday, September 4, 2022 at 12:08:30 PM UTC-7, Martin Brown wrote:
    On 04/09/2022 18:10, StarDust wrote:
    https://www.americaspace.com/2015/08/01/summer-of-discontent-25-years-since-the-shuttle-hydrogen-leaks-part-1/

    Artemis-1 isn’t the first time liquid hydrogen quick-disconnects have been a pain in the neck for launches
    One would wonder , in 25 years , NASA would fix things for good?
    Hydrogen is *incredibly* good at leaking.
    It will diffuse through solid steel.

    --
    Regards,
    Martin Brown

    Oh great, that's how hydrogen cars going to work with leaky filling pumps? Bumm-bumm-bumm!

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