Rockets crash. They'll find out why, fix it and have another go.
However, the
PR and live feed was way past embarrassing, it was painful to watch and unfortunately, just as bad as the proceeding ones when they launched in the US. Someone in that organisation is allowing amateurish and cringeworthy 'broadcasts' to be made. I know we knock journalists but if ever an organisation was crying out for at least one to anchor the coverage, this is it. Grant Schapps was introduced by some marketing kid who basically said, 'So minister, what would you like to tell us this evening?' An invitation he enthusiastically accepted. The coverage was hopeless, full of open mic errors and just simply incorrect. It was bizarre to watch BBC and Sky journalists parroting the bloke on the live feed about cold and hot passes before launch when he didn't know what was going on either. In solemn tones he told us, 'The launch will come at the end of the next pass....and there is a camera view of the rocket (white glare on screen)...and we are now climbing to altitude..' Eh...what about the hot pass? What about the countdown? By the time the poor feller realised the launch had taken place, the aircraft was halfway back to Cornwall. Then, as we watch the telemetry showing the rocket hurtling off into space...for twenty seconds or so before rapidly going to 990,000 feet then dropping to 500,000ft and then going into a sulk at 200,000 with no speed data, our hero continues to prattle on about burns and BBQ rolls (?) coasting and so on. Then it goes quiet for 30 minutes before an announcement of an 'Anomaly'. No s**t, Sherlock...