Your ad hominem attacks are tiring, and in light of your apparent hatred of reddit/digg, reveal a nasty case of projection. So I'll just leave you with some ear

Your ad hominem attacks are tiring, and in light of your apparent hatred of reddit/digg, reveal a nasty case of projection. So I'll just leave you with some early US and Soviet launch records. If you still feel like debating the matter, I suggest searching YouTube for launch failures first. There are some rather spectacular videos of rockets that actually did explode, sometimes right on the pad. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atlas_launches_(1957-1959) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atlas_launches_(1957-19... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_R-7_launches_(1957-1959) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_R-7_launches_(1957-1959... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Thor_and_Delta_launches_(1957%E2%80%931959) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Thor_and_Delta_launches... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Titan_launches http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Titan_launches