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The way the automated FTS works is essentially that the USAF blasts a "DO NOT BLOW UP" signal with a very high power transmitter to the FTS. If the FTS doesn't
by SEJeff 6y ago
The way the automated FTS works is essentially that the USAF blasts a "DO NOT BLOW UP" signal with a very high power transmitter to the FTS. If the FTS doesn't receive that signal, it triggers and then you have a RUD.
- gbrown 6y agoThat sounds terrifying
- SEJeff 6y agoI don’t disagree, but that is in fact how it works!
- bumby 6y agoTrue, but it’s the safest configuration because you want the default condition to abort. The inverse set up is less safe because there are more failure modes for a receiver to break, meaning if a abort command was sent there’s more chance it won’t respond. It’s like choosing a normally-open or normally-closed valve; you want the default (power off) configuration to be the safer one. Inadvertently aborting is safer than not aborting when you should have
- qubex 6y agoRUD: Rapid Unscheduled Dissassembly