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Published online 4 August 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.1008
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Falcon 1 blows it again
Private space travel takes another hit, but isn't doomed.
For the third time, privately funded rocket Falcon 1 has failed to reach orbit in a test flight.
The US-based company Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) attempted to loft Falcon 1 into an Earth orbit on 2 August from Kwajalein atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
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