XPost: sci.physics, sci.space.policy   
   From: jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca   
      
   On 2017-05-25 21:11, Fred J. McCall wrote:   
      
   > Yes and no.  Again, Range Safety is primarily concerned with where the   
   > thing could conceivably come down and that's all physics.   
      
   In the case of an SRB, can you really predict where it would/could go if   
   it prematurely separated and flew like a wild firecracker?   
      
   Wouldn't there be preventative detonation instead of waitiong for teh   
   firecracker to become clear and present danger to land?  (kill it after   
   malfiunction instead of waiting for it to start flying towards coast).   
      
      
   Different slant:   
      
   Say the rocket worked flawlessly but a radio failure blocks telemetry   
   from reaching SpaceX.  Does Range Safety have pre-calculated expected   
   position for every second of flight and as long as the rocket is   
   nominal, it lets it go, or would the loss of telemetry reception result   
   in decision to detonate ?   
      
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