Lead designer Josh Sawyer wanted to see how it looked for himself once it was finished. Obsidian put extra effort into making this sequence look, sound, and feel as good as possible.
Once you have gathered the supplies needed to fix the missile, you are treated to a cutscene of the rocket blasting towards the sky, backed by Richard Wagner’s rousing classical song, Ride of the Valkyries. One of the most memorable quests in Fallout: New Vegas is called Come Fly With Me, where you launch a rocket from the REPCONN test site.