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"Stage 1 has been saved"!!! Edit: Apparently it's not what I hoped, http://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/2swnth/how_well_does_the_fts_work_on_an_empty_or_ne

"Stage 1 has been saved"!!! Edit: Apparently it's not what I hoped, http://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/2swnth/how_well_does_the_fts_work_on_an_empty_or_nearly/ http://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/2swnth/how_well_does... 'saved' and 'safed' are pretty similar on stream...

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skilesare 12y ago
I was hoping that was what that meant!
bowmessage 12y ago
I heard "Stage 1 FTS has been saved" and shortly after, "Stage 2 FTS has been saved". Not sure what FTS means but hopefully its capture was a success!
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  - ilkkao 12y ago
    And the commentator doesn't comment or speculate anything about it. Really odd.
    - abstractbill 12y ago
      Same as last time - we didn't hear anything more about the first stage until much later.
- eck 12y ago
  FTS means flight termination system. Meaning the thing that blows it up if it goes off course and is going to crash into people. They were saying "safed" not "saved", meaning, no longer armed.
  - bowmessage 12y ago
    Ah, thanks for the clarification. That makes more sense!
- algorithmsRcool 12y ago
  She said "Stage 1 FTS has been safed". FTS is the flight termination system. I believe that is a self destruct mechanism in case things go very wrong. They arm it before liftoff and disable it after it's well over the ocean.
- InclinedPlane 12y ago
  Safed. Meaning switched off from being armed.
martythemaniak 12y ago
I don't think they said anything after "landing burn started". They like to milk news like that a bit.
- Cshelton 12y ago
  I'm guessing they don't show it live because if something went wrong, they'd like to figure out why before releasing the video, like last time. Instead of just having a failure without the known cause...
- InclinedPlane 12y ago
  It's about managing expectations. The landings are part of an experimental R&D program, they don't necessarily need constant coverage all the time, though it is exciting to follow the progress.
delibes 12y ago
The reddit spacex thread suggests another 'hard' landing for stage 1. But sounds like they got close again. One day ... one day ...

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skilesare 12y ago

I was hoping that was what that meant!

bowmessage 12y ago

I heard "Stage 1 FTS has been saved" and shortly after, "Stage 2 FTS has been saved". Not sure what FTS means but hopefully its capture was a success!

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- ilkkao 12y ago
  And the commentator doesn't comment or speculate anything about it. Really odd.
  - abstractbill 12y ago
    Same as last time - we didn't hear anything more about the first stage until much later.
eck 12y ago
FTS means flight termination system. Meaning the thing that blows it up if it goes off course and is going to crash into people. They were saying "safed" not "saved", meaning, no longer armed.
- bowmessage 12y ago
  Ah, thanks for the clarification. That makes more sense!
algorithmsRcool 12y ago
She said "Stage 1 FTS has been safed". FTS is the flight termination system. I believe that is a self destruct mechanism in case things go very wrong. They arm it before liftoff and disable it after it's well over the ocean.
InclinedPlane 12y ago
Safed. Meaning switched off from being armed.

martythemaniak 12y ago

I don't think they said anything after "landing burn started". They like to milk news like that a bit.

Cshelton 12y ago
I'm guessing they don't show it live because if something went wrong, they'd like to figure out why before releasing the video, like last time. Instead of just having a failure without the known cause...
InclinedPlane 12y ago
It's about managing expectations. The landings are part of an experimental R&D program, they don't necessarily need constant coverage all the time, though it is exciting to follow the progress.

delibes 12y ago

The reddit spacex thread suggests another 'hard' landing for stage 1. But sounds like they got close again. One day ... one day ...