XPost: sci.physics, sci.space.policy   
   From: fjmccall@gmail.com   
      
   JF Mezei  wrote:   
      
   >Side question:   
   >   
   >It's been mentioned it takes a very long time for range safety to change   
   >from one launch to another. "weeks" was mentioned.   
   >   
   >Aren't there times where a rocket is allowed X scrubs/days after which   
   >it needs to stand down because they have a launch from another pad the   
   >next day?   
   >   
   >Wouldn't that mean that range safety is able to switch within 24 hours?   
   >   
      
   It would mean that in the same way that you can run a four minute mile   
   if you start timing 5,000 feet through the race.  As has already been   
   pointed out to you, a big piece of that 'weeks' value is to do things   
   like issue NOTAMs for the range, file frequency notices, etc.   
      
   >   
   >Requiring each to file flight "plans" weeks in advance so range safety   
   >can prepare is quite different from stating that range safety takes   
   >weeks to switch from one pad/launch to the next.   
   >   
      
   It all depends on how many range safety people and how much gear you   
   have that would allow working in parallel.  And that 'one day shift'   
   is actually several days worked back to back with no interrupting   
   sleep.   
      
      
   --   
   "Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar   
    territory."   
                                         --G. Behn   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)