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NASA to roll back its mega rocket after failing to complete countdown test
- zardo 5y ago> Artemis Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson confirmed that there is a 20-day timeline once the flight safety system is armed. (This is a range safety mechanism used by all orbital rockets that destroys the booster in case it veers off course.) After the system is activated, it will take about a week to make final preparations in the Vehicle Assembly Building and a week to roll to the launch pad and make preparations there. That seems crazy, they arm the fts before they roll the vehicle out? I would think that's the last thing you do before evacuating the pad to begin loading fuel.
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