“There’s a possibility that there could be a leak between that reactant valve and the rate sensor,” Brown conceded. “If there is, then shutting it off may help us. But that’d be a dual failure, not a single failure.” And a dual failure still seemed as improbable to both of them as it ever had. EECOM pondered that for a moment. Finally Liebergot said, “It’d have to be in the cryo tanks for them both [both fuel cells] to go.” “Somewhere back there,” Brown agreed. But, still, that left the problem of explaining why both O2 tanks were failing. Then the nickel dropped. “Yeah, that’s right, it’s
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