In most credible launch accident scenarios, any release would be contained in the Launch Complex 41 area, the launch pad area, or the Cape itself and nobody in the surrounding communities would be exposed.

This morning I drove the back roads to our Mercury launch pad, Complex Fourteen. There was a plaque with all our names on it. Now anyone who is happy to see his name engraved in marble really has something to worry about.

You're talking about a launch pad for his career,

If it were me, I would go to some homes in the area of the accident and try to find the owners -- if it was not late at night, and if it was safe to walk around.

With the consumer Internet, if you're not embarrassed by your first product release, you've launched too late. Everyone wants their product to be shiny, great, and revolutionary, so they take too long in the development cycle to build this really shiny thing, when in fact time really matters.

It was just a freak accident. There wasn't much I could do about it. It's just like any sport — injuries happen.