On Saturday, SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket failed for the third time to put a payload into orbit. This time, the payload included a microsat built by SpaceDev. The flight went wrong when the second stage failed to separate a bit more than two minutes after launch.
Failures in the early days of developing a new rocket are not uncommon, and Elon Musk, chairman of SpaceX, has made it clear the company will continue the process.
Indeed, all was not gloom at SpaceX last week. On July 31, the company successfully carried out the first ground firing test of the main engine of its large Falcon 9 rocket. The Falcon 9 is slated to deliver cargo, and possibly a manned capsule, to ISS early in the next decade.
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