He (capital H) said it had a 50% chance of blowing up on the launchpad.
It blew up ~on~ shortly after leaving the launchpad.
Media says "it blew up ~on~ shortly after leaving the launchpad".
1,000 commentators arrive on HN to say "I am disturbed by the media/public/fellow HNers lack of faith / lies / mischaracterisations / ignorance of hard engineering / etc."
What's sad is that, as the sun rises on the dawn of one of history's greatest men's greatest successes, it's completely overshadowed by His victimhood. And to such an extent that His success can scarcely be commented upon without also pointing out His victimhood.
I would wager that a good part of that is just a reaction to the over-the-top "massive success!" posts.