Of course, that was only in the beginning. [And he's not even including some other problems he ran into while doing his tests.] There's multiple fail-safes in place now; each crest relies on the other to work, so if even one fails to activate, the entire transporter doesn't work. [He gestures to the opened door.] Like the fact that the teleporter doesn't work with the door open -- that's a fail-safe.
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