thank you space.com...

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PistolPete

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I know there's a dirty joke there, somewhere, I just can't think of it (and even if I did, I probobly couldn't post it). <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><em>So, again we are defeated. This victory belongs to the farmers, not us.</em></p><p><strong>-Kambei Shimada from the movie Seven Samurai</strong></p> </div>
 
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drwayne

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At my age, when I fall down, anything is likely to get busted. Well I would really have hated the headline if there were more than one nut busted....<br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>
 
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crix

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lol. I didn't think to read it taht way. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />
 
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CalliArcale

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They're making a pun -- in English, "nut" is also slang for testicle. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> (The article is really talking about the kind of nut that is threaded onto a bolt to secure it.)<br /><br />Falcon 1 is a new rocket. Once all the bugs are worked out, it will be the first privately-developed liquid-fueled satellite launch vehicle, and the first privately-developed ground-launched vehicle as well. (The only other privately developed launch vehicle is Pegasus, which is solid-fueled and air-launched.) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>
 
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baktothemoon

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Maybe next time the Falcon will wear a cup and be fine.
 
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j05h

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> Maybe next time the Falcon will wear a cup and be fine.<br /><br />Hey, people were talking about stockings for the Shuttle ET. Next up: fashion rockets. <br /><br />Josh <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div align="center"><em>We need a first generation of pioneers.</em><br /></div> </div>
 
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barrykirk

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I missed this thread and posted a thread about the Falcon 1 nut before I read this thread.<br /><br />Maybe this thread needs to be renamed so people know what it's about.<br /><br />Yes, I missed the pun about busting a nut. Doh!!!
 
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propforce

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It turns out a not-so-tough nut to crack !! <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /><br /><br /><font color="yellow">"... Another possible contributing factor, Musk said, is that there was an adverse reaction—so-called galvanic corrosion—between the aluminum nut and the pipe fitting itself, which was made of stainless steel. ..." </font><br /><br />I attribute this to inexperience. It is not so incidental on little things that the traditional launch vehicle companies have learned. Sometimes doing it faster with less people and an aggressive schedule can get to you with details like this.<br /><br />But SpaceX is coming up on learning curve, that is the good news <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
 
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crix

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I deleted my earlier post. Too vulgar next to the usually savory discussions on M&L.
 
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PistolPete

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It's not your fault Crix, SDC's the one that started this snowball rolling out of controll, there the ones to blame.<br /><br />(Oops, I said snowball, now <i><b>I've</b></i> done it too!) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><em>So, again we are defeated. This victory belongs to the farmers, not us.</em></p><p><strong>-Kambei Shimada from the movie Seven Samurai</strong></p> </div>
 
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elguapoguano

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Perhaps they will suggest a condom as a fix. If you are worried about spillage from a busted nut, that is the best way to "contain" it. Perhaps an alternate nut "catcher" should be looked at as well ;>) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#ff0000"><u><em>Don't let your sig line incite a gay thread ;>)</em></u></font> </div>
 
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gawin

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this is rite up thier with the headline on ABC news<br /><br />Scientists find blue ring around Uranus<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />
 
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qso1

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Least they didn't bust their backup nut or they'd have lost two nuts. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong>My borrowed quote for the time being:</strong></p><p><em>There are three kinds of people in life. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen...and those who do not know what happened.</em></p> </div>
 
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