B2 Mission

The B2 Mission ended in Failure. The spacecraft was destroyed about 46 seconds after Launch. This point is known as 'Max Q'. It's the point where the Force of Air on the Fairing is at its Maximum.

In Australia, Optus was only 2 years into it's Business. The incumbent Carrier , Telecom (Now Telstra), was feeling threatened.

With the failure, Cartoons were rampant in the Media and the faxes to us were constant.

The Failure was right through the Media

Here's some PDFs of the Articles that were in the NewsPapers