Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!rochester!udel!news.intercon.com!digex.com!digex.net!not-for-mailFrom: prb@access.digex.net (Pat)Newsgroups: sci.spaceSubject: Re: Excess Shuttle criticism was Re: Shuttle 0-Defects & Bizarre? DCDate: 16 May 1993 10:43:09 -0400Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USALines: 17Message-ID: <1t5jtt$o0a@access.digex.net>References: <stephens.737323292@ngis> <2aBi4B1w165w@shakala.com> <stephens.737384293@ngis>NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.netIn article <stephens.737384293@ngis> stephens@geod.emr.ca (Dave Stephenson) writes:|had.'  and went on to mention that in aviation if you are found|with an adjustable spanner in your tool box you can be fired. An|adjustable spanner by trying to fit all nuts, fits none of them|properly, and so damages all of them. In the demanding environment of|the air the adjustable wrench is rightly considered a lethal instrument.Dave,	What i recall from air craft maintence.  Torqque  and safetywires or cotters  were more important, then if some boltface were nicked up.  If it was in bad shape you replaced itwith another $30,  aircraft grade bolt.  I can see adjustable spannerseating up profit,  but lives?pat