A Tale of Two Rockets: Korean Explosions, SpaceX Success

South Korea fails, while an American start-up cruises along.

South Korea's second attempt to get a home-manufactured rocket into orbit has ended in firey disaster just three minutes into flight. It's a shame for the budding space nation--but all the more indicative that SpaceX's Falcon
9 is a truly impressive piece of technology.

Earlier this morning South Korea's Naro-1 rocket sprightly hopped off its launch pad in Goheung. All seemed to be going well at first. After 137
seconds, the...