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Re:James Webb is fully deployed by bumby on Saturday January 08, 2022 @06:08PM (#29857565)
Not every part meets the criteria to be a "critical" spare. You don't have a complete set of spares for every component.
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Re:James Webb is fully deployed by WalterBright on Saturday January 08, 2022 @08:39PM (#29858902)
Are you suggesting that spares are only produced for the cheap parts?
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Re:James Webb is fully deployed by bumby on Sunday January 09, 2022 @09:21AM (#29863428)
No. Only for the parts deemed critical.

An example may be a part with a long lead time and no redundancy. If it is found defective during testing, they need a replacement right away and don’t want the schedule to slip while it gets fabricated

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