<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> The result is that for a well maintained commercial vessel there are no surprises, and every part is traceable. </p><p>The cost of this process is worth it to prevent an Ea Nasir selling you bad copper, or your submarine imploding. Both the supplier and a third party have officially stated that the widget will work and have taken at least some responsibility for it. </p><p>(Though Boeing is an example of what happens if you start messing with that process)</p><p>…</p>