SpaceX was seconds away from igniting the engines of its Falcon 9 rocket yesterday for a short burn test when the test was aborted due to an unspecified problem. An initial look at the rocket indicates it's in good shape.
Such false starts, and worse, are not uncommon in the development of new rockets, so the abort is not particularly a cause for concern. That said, however, SpaceX, and potentially the United States, has a lot riding on Falcon 9 quickly showing it's a reliable launcher. It is to be the workhorse of SpaceX's rocket program, and would be the rocket to launch NASA astronauts to ISS after the space shuttle is retired.
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