Private Rocket Launch Delayed |
|
Written by spacetravel.org
|
|
Sunday, 04 December 2005 19:53 |
|
The launch of Space Exploration TechnologiesÂ’ Falcon 1, the first privately funded orbital rocket, has been postponed to mid-December.
An open valve allowed liquid oxygen to boil off. When there was too little oxygen to keep it cool, helium, which is used for pressurisation, also vented away.
|