That's it. That's what I stayed up until 3 am to see. A giant flame in the darkness. No camera looking back at Earth. No camera inside the spacecraft. No landing of a reusable first stage. Just a giant flame, rapidly receding from view in the darkness.
The biggest delay in the launch was caused by a bum ethernet switch on a ground radar. Swapping in a new ethernet switch (should take under 1 minute) required 70 minutes. [Hey! Bob has an extra ethernet switch in his computer satchel. He'll be right over!]
The new NASA TV coverage insists on bubbly hosts inundating the viewer with "absolutely", "incredibly", "unbelievably", "amazingly", "mind-blowing" tripe, instead of the technical information of the broadcasts of an earlier generation. I guess these broadcasts are aimed at middle-school kids who happen to be up at 3 am.
I look forward to, hopefully, new photos from lunar orbit.
Bob