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   Snidely to All   
   Re: Starliner back at pad   
   02 Jun 24 14:22:10   
   
   From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday or thereabouts, The Running Man declared ...   
   > On 30/05/2024 18:35 Snidely  wrote:   
   >> The Running Man  scribbled something on Thursday the 5/30/2024:   
   >>> On 30/05/2024 11:17 Snidely  wrote:   
   >>>> Starliner is again at SLC-41 ahead of crewed launch, L0 currently June   
   >>>> 1st 12:25 pm EDT.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> /dps   
   >>>>   
   >>>> --   
   >>>> Killing a mouse was hardly a Nobel Prize-worthy exercise, and Lawrence   
   >>>> went apopleptic when he learned a lousy rodent had peed away all his   
   >>>> precious heavy water.   
   >>>> _The Disappearing Spoon_, Sam Kean   
   >>>   
   >>> AFAIK the Crew Dragon docked at the ISS isn't suitable for a rescue mission   
   >>> since it's not modified to perform an EVA. Only the Crew Dragon capsule   
   >>> being  used for the Polaris Dawn mission is fitted (or being fitted) for   
   >>> EVA.   
   >>   
   >> Why are you talking about rescue missions?  Starliner's heat shield is   
   >> intact.   
   >>   
   >> /dps   
   >>   
   >> --   
   >> potstickers, Japanese gyoza, Chinese dumplings, let's do it   
   >   
   > Because they said there's about a 0.75% chance that the helium leak could   
   > result in a failure to initiate the retro-burn.   
      
   Was that 0.75% before or after the new backup backup procedure was   
   implemented (using 4 RCS thrusters twice)?   
      
   /dps   
      
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