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Originally Posted by Vendor
I hope that the whole is dissolved in a good way,  |
The fire was contained within a couple of hours. The wind blew the smoke away from the center of the site, where most of the buildings are located, and there's not really anything in that corner of the site except for the Houston fire station. I stopped worrying when I saw they were still running tourists through. No injuries reported, either.
I'm guessing they'll be rethinking the decision to test rockets in the middle of a drought, though.
"There will be meetings and meetings and findings and recommendations and new policies ... until the next time." --retired engineer's assessment of the situation
My point behind that post was that people only really seem to pay attention to the space program when something exciting is happening. They tune in for the launches and maybe the landings, and ignore the amazing stuff that's going on every day. Americans tend to take the program for granted. The tourists from this afternoon will go home and tell people about the fire they saw on their tour, and the rest will fade into the background.
