Re: Soyuz TMA-12 faulty



Jeff Findley wrote:

On a reusable vehicle, quality control problems like this show up during initial test flights. I believe that Boeing generally has at least one test flight of every airliner that rolls off its production lines. They don't just hand the thing over to the customer without testing it first.

If something major goes wrong on a reusable spacecraft's first test flight, it will immediately convert itself into a expendable. :-D

Pat
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