[AR] Re: FTS (was Re: $1M prize for a student rocket reaching 100 km)
- From: Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Arocket List <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 15:37:20 -0400 (EDT)
On Sun, 16 Sep 2018, Ben Brockert wrote:
"For most applications, a minimum of two independent tracking sources is
required to assure public safety." ...
Don't get me started on ranges and sites that think they are ranges.
"What traditional ranges think should be done" and "what makes sense
for amateur and commercial space" are two different things.
True, but there is overlap. For decisions critical to safety (your own or
that of the uninvolved public), having two separate data sources really is
a good idea, even if it's a practical headache. Deliberately reducing
that to one requires an awful lot of faith in that one data source.
Henry
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