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Originally Posted by Dan40
Would anyone else call the cameraman standing by the rocket at launch, foolish?
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I SO agree with you. I have a friend who has this same hobby (well, used to until his first kid came along
) and he told me the guy was further away than he looks (the rocket is 36 feet tall!). However, if you watch the launch, it looks like the smoke cloud is just engulfing him has the rocket clears the gantry. My friend did tell me that protocol for a rocket of that size would be well over a thousand (more like 2-3) standoff distance. But the crowd is no where near that distance away. If you look closely, you can see debris falling very near or into the crowd. They are all so very lucky that it all went well.
Mike