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Re:A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral by objclxt on Thursday September 01, 2016 @03:19PM (#12408117)
> but how hard will it be to just fly a drone there with some kind of projectile?

It's a massive long metal tube full of extremely flammable things...what seems more likely: drone with projectile entering a highly restricted piece of airspace, or as rockets are want to do, it blew up by itself.

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Re:A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral by dredmorbius on Thursday September 01, 2016 @10:24PM (#12410396)
NB: wont to do.

Though you've given me a reason to look up the etymology. Now I now: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=wont&allowed_in_fra...

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Re:A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral by disillusioned on Friday September 02, 2016 @02:11AM (#12411195)
NB: Now I know

:-)

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Re:A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral by dredmorbius on Friday September 02, 2016 @05:07AM (#12411835)
Aaaaagh!

:-)

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Re:A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral by TheGuyWhoCodes on Thursday September 01, 2016 @04:30PM (#12408635)
Of course it's more likely that there was a malfunction, no one is saying otherwise, I was just wondering how SpaceX guards their lunch pad from aerial intrusions, hitting a small drone flying fast isn't an easy target and you'd have to have a constant watch for them.
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Re:A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral by jccooper on Thursday September 01, 2016 @04:45PM (#12408741)
> I was just wondering how SpaceX guards their lunch pad from aerial intrusions

Mostly by being on an Air Force base, many miles away from anywhere someone might operate a "drone". Wouldn't help much against a fixed-wing telepresence rig, but not much would.

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