Sad news from the private space agency. Why in the world was this thing launching real sats? You should get the rocket into space first before trying to launch expensive sats!!!
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Launch of Private Rocket Fails; Three Satellites Were Onboard
A privately funded rocket was lost on its way to space Saturday night, bringing a third failure in a row to an Internet multimillionaire's effort to create a market for low-cost space-delivery.
The accident occurred a little more than two minutes after launch, and the two-stage Falcon 1 rocket appeared to be oscillating before the live signal from an on-board video camera went dead....
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Read on here -
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/sc...ce&oref=slogin
