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> It's interesting these rockets are equipped with self-destruct systems. What scenario would warrant a rocket purposely self-destruct? When they're out of con
by mariuolo 12y ago
> It's interesting these rockets are equipped with self-destruct systems. What scenario would warrant a rocket purposely self-destruct?
When they're out of control and could hit someone.
- gus_massa 12y agoFrom: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster#Vehicle_breakup http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disast... > The more robustly constructed crew cabin also survived the breakup of the launch vehicle; while the SRBs were subsequently destroyed remotely by the Range Safety Officer, the detached cabin continued along a ballistic trajectory and was observed exiting the cloud of gases at T+75.237. In the images, you can see the solid rocket booster (SRB) following a random path after the explosion.