Quote Originally Posted by Jayngfet View Post
...of course, you don't get to see bits of it fly off into space either.

The crucible is destroyed. You don't feel it on the spot where you're connected, you don't see it when you look out the window the game conveniently provides you. There's no visual evidence that anything just happened.
The game freezes at game over screens - for all you know, the catastrophic explosion/life support failure you desire is a moment away from occurring. And besides, you can destroy something without totally blowing it up; if they hit it somewhere to disable it beyond repair, it's not like Hackett could get some Salarians in space suits over there to start swapping out parts.