The crowd of about 100 gasped and cried, "Wow!" when the foam hit. Yeah...WOW
Everyone is surprised that rock hard foam falling at that height hitting the wing causes that much damage.
NASA knew foam fell on every launch but assumed it wouldn't cause that much damage.
Yes they assumed. Nobody would have believe this foam would cause that much damage. Despite all the new testing I still confess I have a hard time believing it even now.