Work goes up in flames

I had the opportunity to be part of something last night that thankfully doesn't happen too often. You may have already seen the video on Youtube, but if not, the very short clip shows what the launch company PR people like to refer to as "an anomoly" for damage control. Needless to say, I got to go home early on this mission. What impressed me most, was how quickly the webcast director knew things were going very badly, and yanked the feed - you can actually see the rocket fall onto the platform just before the big explosion.