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   Fred J. McCall to JF Mezei   
   Re: Peter Thiel: What do you know that n   
   26 May 17 12:41:38   
   
   XPost: sci.physics, sci.space.policy   
   From: fjmccall@gmail.com   
      
   JF Mezei  wrote:   
      
   >On 2017-05-26 14:55, Fred J. McCall wrote:   
   >>   
   >> It's "Range Safety", not "Range Casino".  When a vehicle leaves the   
   >> range safety corridor that vehicle is pretty much done.   
   >>   
   >   
   >If the rocket is deffective, strays off course, but still heading out to   
   >sea, does range safety detonate even though that rocket presents no   
   >danger to populated areas ?   
   >   
   >If an SRB falls off 1.5 minutes into flight but still heading out to see   
   >in more or less straight line, do they detonate or do they wait for it   
   >to head towards coast ?   
   >   
      
   I keep saying it and you keep not getting it.  Let me try again.   
      
   IF THE VEHICLE DEPARTS THE RANGE SAFETY CORRIDOR THEY WILL TRIGGER THE   
   TTS/FTS.   
      
   Is that clear enough?   
      
   Ever heard of these things called 'ships'?  You really don't want to   
   drop a rocket on any of those, either.   
      
      
   --   
   "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to   
       live in the real world."   
                         -- Mary Shafer, NASA Dryden   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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