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Well the FTS failed on the first launch, so if there was a guidance malfunction it could have probably hit something outside of the designated safe area. Fixing
by vultour 3y ago
Well the FTS failed on the first launch, so if there was a guidance malfunction it could have probably hit something outside of the designated safe area. Fixing it was a prerequisite for the second launch so I assume it's not going to happen again.
- ethbr1 3y agoGuidance failure is my perspective. There's a practical argument to be made that acceleration + range control = rocket detonated before it leaves bounds. But from a physics worst-case perspective, if something can move itself to orbit it can move itself plenty far terrestrially.