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Step 4: Thread your hook between the O-ring and stick bait.
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Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
Image Image Investigators determined that the accident was caused by the failure of a rubber seal, known as an O-ring, on one of two booster rockets, which were attached to the shuttle like a jetpack to propel it skyward.
—Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Among them was the way NASA had calculated the O-rings’ shape.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
In January 2018, Lochridge sent Rush a quality-control inspection report detailing 27 issues with the vehicle, from questionable O-ring seals on the domes and missing bolts to flammable materials and more concerns about its carbon-fiber hull.
—Mark Harris, WIRED, 11 June 2024
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Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
Image Image Investigators determined that the accident was caused by the failure of a rubber seal, known as an O-ring, on one of two booster rockets, which were attached to the shuttle like a jetpack to propel it skyward.
—Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Among them was the way NASA had calculated the O-rings’ shape.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
In January 2018, Lochridge sent Rush a quality-control inspection report detailing 27 issues with the vehicle, from questionable O-ring seals on the domes and missing bolts to flammable materials and more concerns about its carbon-fiber hull.
—Mark Harris, WIRED, 11 June 2024
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“O-ring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/O-ring. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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