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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Frustrated Space Efforts

Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched an unmanned rocket on Friday that blew-up moments after takeoff. It was just one rocket-related mishap to occur in the past few days. Over the weekend, the European Space Agency tried to put two global positioning satellites into orbit. They didn’t blow up, but they did end up in the wrong orbit.

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By Madeleine Brand • Aug 25, 2014 • 1 min read

Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched an unmanned rocket on Friday that blew-up moments after takeoff. It was just one rocket-related mishap to occur in the past few days. Over the weekend, the European Space Agency tried to put two global positioning satellites into orbit. They didn’t blow up, but they did end up in the wrong orbit. And this morning, the US Army tested its new Advanced Hypersonic Weapon, which exploded four seconds after launch.

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    Madeleine Brand

    Host, 'Press Play'

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