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I'm pretty sure Falcon 9 carrying crew has an AFTS. Challenger was destroyed by an FTS system as well despite having crew on board. I think it's just a risk you

• ceejayoz 3y ago
  The Crew Dragon capsule has escape rockets that will fire as part of the flight termination system to carry the crew safely away. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crew_Dragon_In-Flight_Abort_Test https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crew_Dragon_In-Flight_Abort_Te...
• KineticLensman 3y ago
  > Challenger was destroyed by an FTS system No. The shuttle broke up when the overall stack became unstable due to the right hand SRB separating because a strut that attached it to the external tank failed (due to a blowtorch effect from a failed O-ring). The Challenger orbiter ended up 'on top' and broke into several chunks - without involvement of any FTS - because of the aerodynamic stress (one of these chunks was the crew compartment). The SRBs were destroyed by their FTS systems, but this was more than 30 seconds after Challenger broke up. The ET simply disintegrated. [Edit] added emphasis that the orbiter break-up (and destruction) was not due to any FTS.
  • dave78 3y ago
    I'm very aware of why it initially broke up. But once that started, the range safety officer did activate the FTS system. The point is that rockets carrying crew do indeed have FTS systems - presence of a crew doesn't negate that need.
    • ben_w 3y ago
      The SRBs (and the EFTs) had FTS's, but the Orbiters didn't.
    • BobaFloutist 3y ago
      >the range safety officer did activate the FTS system. That doesn't sound very automatic.
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