"Michael Walsh"
You misunderstand the report. The cryogenic liquid-gas was liquefied
air that seeped by or through the foam. There was no cryo leak.
"We've found out that the bolts and the nuts being applied to actually
construct the different areas of the tank ... before you put the insulation
on, that any kind of gap in there might be an opportunity for liquid
nitrogen or liquid air to form,"
The article refers to a "different type of cryopumping" but is not explicit
as to what this means. I agree that it does not say that there is a
cryogenic leak. This was an erroneous supposition on my part upon reading
about gaps in the fasteners. It says that gaps around the nuts and bolts
provide an opportunity for air and nitrogen to freeze. So at launch time,
this frozen stuff heats and expands and does bad stuff to the foam.
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