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I’d be curious how many scrubs are technically necessary, vs precautionary. If war is afoot you’re willing to take far more risks, with the weather and with se
by macintux 4y ago
I’d be curious how many scrubs are technically necessary, vs precautionary.
If war is afoot you’re willing to take far more risks, with the weather and with sensor glitches.
- bumby 4y agoI imagine there's a lot to go into it. For example, if it's a one-of-a-kind weapon with a long lead time to develop, they probably have a pretty low risk threshold.
- philistine 4y agoExactly, but what if you're sending dumb munitions, a couple of tanks, or relief to a disaster zone? You could spare to blow all that during takeoff. Whatever, let's try again in four hours.
- bumby 4y agoLaunch windows generally aren't open-ended and typically only last a few hours because they are orbit-dependent. That's why when a launch is scrubbed, a window often doesn't open again until days later.