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> That USAF person in the back of the room with their finger on the destruct button. That person (the Mission Flight Control Officer) doesn't exist for SpaceX
by JshWright 6y ago
> That USAF person in the back of the room with their finger on the destruct button.
That person (the Mission Flight Control Officer) doesn't exist for SpaceX launches, they use an automated system.
https://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/icg/providersforum/2019/PF22_2019_03.pdf https://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/icg/providersforum/2019...
- sandworm101 6y agoI hear mixed stories about this. The automated system does exist, but there is also a need to supervise the automated system and so I read that there is still human in/on the loop. The russians suffered an accident tied to a similar system that triggered a launch escape tower prematurely, causing a fire that eventually destroyed the entire rocket on the pad. The flight had been delayed but the system was still activate. After several hours it perceived the slow rotation of the earth as the rocket being off course and triggered.