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Firefly’s first rocket explode during launch above California

7 pointsby x14km2dover 3 years ago

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Rebelgeckoover 3 years ago
Slightly off topic, but are there documentaries or anything about MFCOs (the person sitting at the computer with a big red self destruct button, just waiting for a rocket to deviate from it's flight path)? I love how cowboy it sounds to have some 22 year old lieutenant on his 5th Red Bull of the night controlling the destiny of hardware that cost millions to billions of dollars. For ones who have had to push the button, it'd be interesting to hear what was going through their mind at the time. Was there any delay or self doubt?