[walshemj]

I would imagine the launch requires the participation of civil servants from NASA who I assume all the range safety people work for and I assume they use the coast guard to keep boats away from the danger zone two.

[gnode]

The static fire would have to go very wrong to encounter boats.

[mikeash]

Part of the job of the launch facility is to keep people safe even when things go very wrong, which happens fairly often with rockets.