Remember our thread on screw types? Reading the Hubble repair coverage; I
note they too had a stripped screwhead, and a stuck bolt.

Torx screws were mentioned in the reporting, but it was not clear if the
offending ones was such or not. They solved the first problem by pulling
on the attached handle until the screw snapped off. I guess NASA forgot
to send along a Dremel with cutter wheels....

The stuck bolt they broke loose by pulling far harder than recommended.
The bolt yield strength was 57 ft-lbs but they got it out intact.

Click & Clack noted that one member of the team, John Grunsfeld, was a
MIT grad & an ex-customer of their shop. He actually called in during
STS-81 in 1997 and described his vehicle as a Rockwell camper van
conversion. If he'd asked for their help this time, I bet they'd have
reminded him "Nolite id cogere, cape malleum majorem..."


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