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Engineers later determined the control jets lost thrust due to overheating, which can cause Teflon seals in valves to swell and deform, starving the thrusters of propellant.
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Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 7 Sep. 2024
Engineers believe the thrusters become hotter the more they are fired, causing protective seals to swell and obstruct the flow of propellant.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2024
The overheating likely caused Teflon seals to swell and constrict the flow of propellant, ultimately leading to the failures.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2024
And all of those firings require pressurized helium to push propellants to healthy thrusters.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2024
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Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 7 Sep. 2024
Engineers believe the thrusters become hotter the more they are fired, causing protective seals to swell and obstruct the flow of propellant.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2024
The overheating likely caused Teflon seals to swell and constrict the flow of propellant, ultimately leading to the failures.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2024
And all of those firings require pressurized helium to push propellants to healthy thrusters.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2024
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“Propellant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/propellant. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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