As shown in this video, Engineers, Scientists, and workers would watch rocket launches from a dangerously close range back in the day. This was due to the fact launch pad safety was not a huge deal, and there are even many accounts of workers smoking cigarettes on the launch pad or around the rocket. There are quite a few cases where this ended in a catastrophe, such as the Nedelin catastrophe, where over 70 workers were gruesomely incinerated after a launch pad explosion. The fuel used was also extremely toxic to breathe, so even those not within the blast were asphyxiated and killed in a terrible fashion. Though extremely sad, we have learned a great deal from the accidents that have taken place and their sacrifices led to changes that saved many lives.



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