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marssaxmanlast Thursday at 11:04 PM1 replyview on HN

The launch license requires them to build in a "flight termination system" which makes it explode if they lose control over it.


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ceejayozyesterday at 12:55 AM

That system didn’t work on the first big test flight, when it went spinning end over end. Part of the reason there was an FAA investigation.