The rules are simple: Don't be a dick.
It was skuzzy's <----- fault.
We just witnessed a miracle and I want you to @#$%^& acknowledge it!
For some reason I think it was rigged for the main booster to stay attached, the way it exploded made me think that it was intended.
The orange tank. Is a tank not a booster. On the actual shuttle it holds liquid oxygen and hydrogen for the engine on the spacecraft.