Walloping Rocket Launch

[ursangnome]

From CNN.com:
ATLANTIC, Virginia (AP) -- Spectators cheered as a rocket carrying two experimental satellites blasted off Saturday in the first launch from the mid-Atlantic region's commercial spaceport, creating a blazing streak across the sky just before sunrise.

Comments

[sjo.livejournal.com]

Finally! Shot Into Space in a Yugo (http://www.vialarp.org/special/yugo.htm) runs at last!

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's nice to see commercial launches happening at Wallops. It'd be nicer if more missions were in the pipeline...

[gmkieran.livejournal.com]

Pretty cool article! Shame they couldn't find a decent editor! Three errors in the second paragraph?!!! oops! Sorry, English major in me snuck out for a moment there. ummm.....go private astro industry!!!