This remembers me of the sad incident of Brazillian Sattelite Launcher explosion (that killed 21 engineers and flattened the launch pad) Lots of people around

This remembers me of the sad incident of Brazillian Sattelite Launcher explosion (that killed 21 engineers and flattened the launch pad) Lots of people around the world (including inside brazil) went: "Oh, brazil cannot do that stuff anyway, also why it is expending money in that shit instead of building x, or y" It made me very sad, for example I bet most of these people don't know Brazil relies heavily on sattelites to control forest fires, find illegal logging, mining and farming, find uncontacted native americans that need protection, and so on... In a country that is just huge, specially in relation to government resources and population, it is essential to use cheap tools to manage it, and sattelites are quite cheap in that regard (or people really think it is cheaper to fly up and down every square inch of forest with helicopters?)