Was Apollo worth it?

[Flagg]

The thing is, the things that burst had a reason to burst -- they were involved in getting the thing off the ground, explosions were happening in them.

The armor on the nuclear elements is not being stressed during launch.

You're right, but I'm talking about a worst case scenario. Personally, I'm not worried in the least, but several dipshits at work are freaking out about it.

[tharkûn]

It's interesting that you would say that considering the fact that on 2 occasions in 9th grade my school was locked down due to rocket explosions at the cape. In both instances a toxic cloud from the explosions was blown south right to my area.

I'm talking radiologicly. The casing on the radioactive material is external to any fuel explosion and will either be compressed or ejected; not to mention that the case is far stronger than the intentionally weak (and hence LIGHT) tanks for fuel.

Toxic rocket fuel, sure, radioactive fallout? Only it the case manages to shread while being ejected through the debris. In such a massive cock up the velocity and temperature would carrrying the radiation massive distances away from the pad.