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		eck on April 14, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SpaceX Dragon CRS-6 Launch Webcast FTS means flight termination system. Meaning the thing that blows it up if it goes off course and is going to crash into people. They were saying "safed" not "saved", meaning, no longer armed.

bowmessage on April 14, 2015 [–]

Ah, thanks for the clarification. That makes more sense!

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