That's the last thing that should have been left out. IMHO, it was the best advertisement possible for us.
Every non-rocket person is going to be wondering, as they watch the show: what happens when something goes wrong?
Everyone speaks with Fear and Loathing about Catos. Did you see how far the debris from the cato spread, and how much much farther away the audience was? If you're trying to sell rocketry as a spectator hobby, that's a big negative point. People want to be lot's closer to the disaster. Just look at auto racing or Cub's baseball!
The big disaster on the third hour - the rocket ejection charge goes off. Was his face blown off? Intestines hanging out of his abdomen from a gaping wound? (Amazingly repulsive and smelly in real life, by the way). No. He fell down and hurt his neck. I don't think the ambulance crew even boarded the guy. (I did notice bystanders properly preventing movement while waiting for the ambulance - looked very good.) Please don't get me wrong - I'm not advocating that kind of failure, and I'm thankful the injury wasn't more serious. But the definition of "horribly wrong" would have a Pee Wee football coach screaming that the injured person was a pansy. Of course, I've had a football coach ask me when the kid who just broke his wrist can go back into the game....
Heck, the most impressive screw-up was in many ways the Snitch Girl's claim to fame. You have to admit, it looked cool. That was with Estes motors, and even it wasn't dangerous (as long as it wasn't in California).
The point that was driven home repeatedly:
We are overly cautious. We go out of our way to make sure nothing bad happens to people. Safety is our first and last thought, and most of the thoughts in between. We could get a lot closer and still not have anything bad happen - but we don't.
Personally, I think that's a good thing.
Zooty