Posted by gmharris [69.231.23.51] on Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 09:57:14 :
In Reply to: Soldering posted by Sherman in Idaho [72.47.153.112] on Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 03:12:16 :
I had a welding instructor who was flown from California to Florida just to weld a crack on a space shuttle while it sat on the launch pad. If he failed, the shuttle would have to go back to the assembly building costing millions.
He decided that a hole needed to be drilled to vent the sealed area. Before he could drill the hole, he had to get approval from the engineers.
I asked him if he was nervous. He said, "It's just welding".