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Boeing Starliner officials may know ‘root cause’ of issues with astronaut flight (www.cnn.com)
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tl;dr

Heat building up inside the thrusters may be causing Teflon seals to bulge, restricting the flow of propellant.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Thank you for the TLDR. Was there no time on the schedule, in the many, many, ~~~~~~many~~ years of lead up and cashing NASA checks, when Boeing could have stress tested those seals to failure?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

Boeing:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Depends on a lot of things. Most orgs will use published data for what they're choosing to use. More or less standard hardware is less likely to be sent to MR&D for testing