Brian Doherty | March 21, 2007
Yesterday's test launch of private rocket Falcon 1 fails to complete full orbit because of a "roll-control anomaly" during the second-stage burn; SpaceX founder Elon Musk explains what went wrong, and is unbowed.
Katherine Mangu-Ward explored the current state of private space flight efforts in our January issue.
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