so basically it was like watching Evil Kineval jumping over a canyon...
you expect him to crash and you kinda wanna be one of the people
that was watching when he does.

fortunately the safety issue that the engineers at Kennedy decided
wasn't serious - those guys with the great track record - didn't
atomize the shuttle on the way up...
Now they just need to get through the whole "down" thing.

personally... I say hurry up and get the carbon monofilament
elevator thing going... and stop all this "escape velocity" crap...