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by me_me_me 1101 days ago
there was a guy in other post on this story.

He says that testing of the composite materials is really difficult in comparison with metal. As they fail catastrophically without material stress.

Quotes like: "Lochridge’s concerns mainly focused on the company’s decision to rely on sensitive acoustic monitoring – cracking or popping sounds made by the hull under pressure – to detect flaws, rather than a scan of the hull."

are quite chilling in hindsight