Indyrose wrote:

I was there a year after...

A socket was dropped (not a battery). It was a 5 lb socket, about the
size of a softball. It fell approximately 8 stories. It bounced off
the wall and ricocheted into the missile near the bottom. It punctured
a tank (quarter inch steel) full of extremely toxic liquid. As the
liquid escaped, the structural integrity of the entire missile slowly
deteriorated. When the lower tank (the punctured one) finally
collapsed, the fall released the oxidizer, creating a hypergolic
ignition of all the fuel, all at once.





Fiction.

Well, not ALL fiction, mostly though.


--

Mark

N.E. Ohio

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice
there is.

Never argue with a fool, a bystander can't tell you apart. (S. Clemens, A.K.A.
Mark Twain)

When in doubt hit the throttle. It may not help but it sure ends the suspense.
(Gaz, r.moto)