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

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[–] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Tbf, those people aren't generally responsible for the failures of the people that both install things or verify installed things.

And the bolts in that scenario don't actually need to be tight.

[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My comment was intended to be facetious. The MAX's door plug bolts were not supposed to be tight when the door unplugged/undoored/peaced out in flight?

[–] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah, np.

No, they don't have to be tight ever. They're locked in by geometry and wire.