XPost: sci.physics, sci.space.policy   
   From: fjmccall@gmail.com   
      
   Anthony Frost  wrote:   
      
   >   
   >Not any more for SpaceX launches. The AFSS in use on the Falcon 9 has   
   >sole control over the destruct system and is in fact allowed more   
   >latitude over the nominal course. A human on the BRB may think "Oops,   
   >going off course, boom" too early whereas the AFSS can and will give the   
   >flight control system time to recover.   
   >   
   >AFSS has been in use since February and running in parallel with the   
   >traditional system on earlier flights. Air Force range crew for a Falcon   
   >9 launch is now around 25 compared to 10 times that previously.   
   >   
      
   If "the AFSS in use on the Falcon 9 has sole control over the destruct   
   system" why is that number 25 rather than zero?  What are those 25   
   people doing if they cannot override and blow the rocket?   
      
      
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