Comments on: Inspection of leaking Progress after undocking detects no obvious damage

By: Max

Max — Sun, 19 Feb 2023 17:44:12 +0000

Sometimes all it takes is carelessness… Like a replacement off-the-shelf coolant pressure relief valve not designed for “vacuum” that releases prematurely.
Or plastic and rubber parts/o-rings that are not designed for the extreme space temperatures that will eventually fail.

During the pandemic, new parts suppliers had to be found for unavailable or nonexistent supplies. There’s probably a warehouse somewhere substituting “what is needed” for “what we have”, thinking the customer will never know the difference… “Occam‘s razor” never under estimate the ignorance of the new stock boy.

By: Col Beausabre

Col Beausabre — Sun, 19 Feb 2023 12:13:38 +0000

The saboteurs are very clever at hiding their work

By: Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 23:23:13 +0000

In reply to Ray Van Dune. Ray Van Dune: Now that you have thoroughly confused me, I plan to do nothing. :)

By: Ray Van Dune

Ray Van Dune — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 22:52:25 +0000

Well, you learn something every day. I checked-out your use of the word “fore-go”, suspecting it should not be hyphenated. Apparently I was mostly right, but I found something even stranger.

The actual word for deferring something is “forgo”. The word “forego” with an “e” really means “to come before”, like saying “The meal’s main course will typically forego dessert, but many children would happily forgo it to get the the sweets!”

Even more confusing is the practice of putting a trailing “e” before the “s” to make either word plural: “foregoes” vs. “foregos”, and “forgoes” vs. “forgos”! Apparently the “e” is preferred, but optional. What a mess.