and did a piss-poor job. :-)
I've always been on edge watching the Shuttles go up...particular at full throttle up. There's some very nice videos of normal rockets (Delta) blowing up spectacularly just as it started to clear the tower. (I know of older ones that did nice loops).
It's up...and safe. And if there were foam damage (I doubt it on this launch) they've got a plan for the astronauts (another good thing). This was a good launch.
(BTW: Foam Bad..... :-)