NASA's Wallops Flight Facility Completes Initial Assessment after Orbital Launch Mishap

In article ,
says...
The initial assessment is a cursory look; it will take many more weeks to
further understand and analyze the full extent of the effects of the event. A
number of support buildings in the immediate area have broken windows and
imploded doors. A sounding rocket launcher adjacent to the pad, and buildings
nearest the pad, suffered the most severe damage.

At Pad 0A the initial assessment showed damage to the transporter erector
launcher and lightning suppression rods, as well as debris around the pad.


Doesn't sound very good, but it could have been worse. At least the 2nd
stage didn't go flying off on its own. That would have been a bad day
if something like that had happened. But, that's what range safety
charges are for.

Jeff
--
"the perennial claim that hypersonic airbreathing propulsion would
magically make space launch cheaper is nonsense -- LOX is much cheaper
than advanced airbreathing engines, and so are the tanks to put it in
and the extra thrust to carry it." - Henry Spencer

I'm very concerned with shrapnel effects. These will be harder to detect. I imagine fragments went everywhere and with force. This yields hell on tankage, piping, tubing, insulation you name it. Some effects may not been seen until some systems are brought back on-line and re-pressurized....

Dave