MarsBlog.net » dye penetrant http://marsblog.net/wp News and Commentary on Space Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:39:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= They Know Our Secrets http://marsblog.net/wp/2009/02/they-know-our-secrets/ http://marsblog.net/wp/2009/02/they-know-our-secrets/#comments Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:44:20 +0000 T.L. James http://marsblog.net/wp/?p=1594 Someone at SciFi has been doing their homework as regards spacecraft metal fatigue — last night’s episode, No Exit, features character Galen Tyrol performing, of all things, a dye penetrant inspection of Galactica’s major structures.

I have a hunch that that is the first time an authentic non-destructive inspection technique has figured in a science fiction television series.  I’m impressed.  If it had been Star Trek, they would have just made up some BS technobabble.

It is a little strange, though, that it’s a Cylon doing it.

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