On 3/9/2010 2:52 PM, Jochem Huhmann wrote:
Well, the thing did not explode... it could have been 9 Merlin engines
finely strewn all over the landscape after all.

I'm half expecting that to happen; you have nine engines, each with a
spinning turbopump, and I picture the harmonic vibrations getting in
synch and then...KA-BOOM!

Pat