Rick Jones wrote:
You mean NASA couldn't subcontract to the Navy for some Aegis ships to
second for range safety? I mean the Navy can shoot-down a killer
satellite filled with life-on-earth-threatening hydrazine, they could
take out some measly NASA rocket too right?-)


I imagine you could hit it with a Standard missile, but then it's going
to rain burning solid fuel all over the place.
Picture this vastly scaled up:
http://www.maniacworld.com/delta-II-...explosion.html
There are going to be flaming alligators climbing out of the nearby
swamps, biting everyone in sight in their death throws.

Pat