hperrin ,

The helium leaked because the door plug on the helium tank fell off.

Lexam ,

The crew will be remembered.

downpunxx ,
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Space is hard y'all

Blackout ,
@Blackout@kbin.run avatar

They also found out the liquid oxygen tank was filled with chocolate milk. Oh Boeing! 🤦

dumbass ,
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Say what you will about Boeing, but they sure know how to stop a leak.

sxan ,
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Oh. Oh, man. That's harsh. That ranks up there with the Concorde jokes that came out of the 2000 crash.

It's a keeper.

wabafee ,
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In other news engineer found dead due to asphyxia.

dumbass ,
@dumbass@leminal.space avatar

Yeah, an engineer, not a whistleblower, leak fixed.

RozhkiNozhki ,
@RozhkiNozhki@lemmy.world avatar

If I were one of these people slated to take the flight I would nope the fuck out. This is what they found, how many more issues are they going to "find"(because they kept quiet about it like they always do) once this thing takes off?

PumpkinEscobar ,

I can’t believe they’re going through with it. The last (only orbital) test flight had serious problems.

threelonmusketeers ,

The last (only orbital) test flight

After the first orbital test flight, they did do a second test flight which did reach the ISS.

PumpkinEscobar ,

Interesting, I don’t know how I missed that, I follow a lot of space news. Thanks for the info / correction, definitely not as crazy given the second test that reached the ISS.

Blackout , (edited )
@Blackout@kbin.run avatar

Well the astronauts on the inaugural flight are from their death wish division so they accept the risks.

x4740N ,
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Yeah there's a chance this becomes another challenger

Challenger happened because of negligence if I recall correctly and boeing issues are also happening because of negligence

Wanderer ,

Challenger happened because the engineers said they shouldn't launch because it was cold and the politicians said just do it anyway.

x4740N ,
@x4740N@lemmy.world avatar

Replace "politicians" with "boeing" and "engineers" with "boeing staff" and its still plausible

thefartographer ,

I hope the person who discovered the leak conveyed this dire information with a hilariously high-pitched voice

Brunbrun6766 ,
@Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world avatar

https://youtu.be/orzii2h42mY?si=UYT-BfTSeI40ljPA

Warjac ,

Boeing and leaks don't mix apparently

n3m37h ,

What? They were able to find a problem before it took flight? That's umpossible!

db2 ,

It's a leak, they'll kill it quickly.

Questy ,
@Questy@lemmy.world avatar

"Engineer who found helium leak found dead"

TachyonTele ,

Two bullets to the back of the leak fixed everything.

Vex_Detrause ,

Definitely suicide!

NegativeLookBehind ,
@NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world avatar

We fixed the leak by adding more holes

ThePyroPython ,

Who knew prolonged exposure to helium causes heart attacks.

kbin_space_program ,

So, technically, the issue might be that one of the doors wasnt properly installed?

Yes, its a very loose definition of "door".

TachyonTele , (edited )

"Welcome to a world where anything can be an open door".
-Boeing

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