Brian Thorn wrote:
On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:04:18 -0400, "Jeff Findley"
wrote:


At least Space-X is flying *something*. They've also got a few more Falcon
1's either completely built or under construction.

Yes, but it will be a lot cheaper to just dump the satellites
overboard from a boat. Same result.

Or blow them up on the pad or put them in the wrong orbit.

Get a grip, man, this stuff happens all the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Korolev

After several test failures, the R-7 successfully launched on August,
1957, sending a dummy payload to Kamchatka Peninsula.