Better Luck Next Time

Three . . . Two . . . One . . . Nothing! A big sense of disappointment for all those who gathered for the launch of the private enterprise Falcon 9 rocket, which was supposed to take supplies up to the ISS and dump tiny samples of ashes from people like Scotty of Star Trek in space. The computer aborted the launch because it didn’t like what one of the engines was doing. But the good news for SpaceX is that the rocket didn’t explode, like some of NASA’s early attempts, and they can try again in 3 days’ time.