Just one half-second before liftoff, computers aborted the launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket early this morning, delaying the dawn of the commercial space age at least until Tuesday. After all nine engines ignited, launch control detected abnormally high pressure inside the center engine and terminated the countdown. The next available launch window for an historic rendezvous with the International Space Station comes early-morning Tuesday, but NASA and SpaceX engineers will first have to inspect the engine and locate the source of the problem. You can read more about this historic mission here.
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Dont be in so much of a hurry. Fix the title John.
Space-out X and all the rest are Scams and Ponzi schemes, they've accomplished nothing and have more "delays" and False Starts than Welches has grapes. You watch, Nothing will come of this.
Hey websterphreaky, that's what they said about the Wright brothers' little project.
the shuttle had numerous delays and gee, still made it to space, this just shows they know what they are doing and have safety first, go SpaceX! cheers
Lol ponzi scheme, nice not knowing what your talking about. Anyway, I would be nervous as hell that my years of work and billions of dollars weren't wasted because of a bad launch. This was expected since this is the first time and failure means their might be no more private space for a long while while. No pressure eh SpaceX?
Go SpaceX! An abort 1/2 of a second before launch is impressive technology making sure that we don't have a catastrophic failure ruin it for everybody. Many people have forgotten the complexities of space travel, and redundant safety systems are the ONLY reason why humanity has been able to maintain a presence in space.
I would much rather read a dozen launch abort reports than one about a cargo or passenger rocket exploding on the launchpad (or shortly thereafter).
It is going to be an exciting decade or so for the space industry. I was born after the moon landings, and so it would be nice to see humanity return to "deep space" once more during my lifetime.
Of course these Space companies are out to make money; every company needs and wants to make money. It's the way of the world, at least for now. Regardless, the privatization of space is still an excellent way for Humanity to explore the universe. The private sector has all the money, and with Nasa's help, we'll be exploring solar systems in no time. Naysayers like websterphreaky have been around since the dawn of time. Scholars once said that it was impossible to fly. Then they said it was impossible to go up in space. Scientific progress will not be stopped by people who think something is impossible. It will move forward whether we are ready for it or not.
@Cookiees453 As an old wise person said "Anything is possible." right?
I also agree with GregN913 I'd rather read of an abort then a complete failure and waste of time, money, labor, and effort. Well just have to see if they are ready to send it out on Tuesday.