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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 cr

by 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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