There was a second attempt to launch the Aerodrome, but it broke up again as it left the catapult. Manly was recovered unhurt from the river both times. Newspapers made great sport of the failures, and some members of Congress strongly criticized the project as a waste of taxpayer's money. Langley, was deeply disheartened by the failure (coming as it did as the last of the funds had been spent) and was also deeply hurt by the negative press. He decided it would not serve any purpose to request additional funding and thus ended Langley's 16 years of aerial experiments. Samuel Pierpont Langley died in 1906 after a series of strokes, a broken and disappointed man.