Had they applied a modicum of sense they'd have figured it out, but as usual the nuclear boogeyman reared his head. Did they really think NASA was going to sit a nuclear system on top of 6 million pounds of explosive rocket fuel without designing it to withstand a lot?

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"The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common: They don't alter their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views." The Doctor, Doctor Who: The Face of Evil.