The global space industry is reeling after three cargo disasters in less than a year have delivered a costly blow to efforts to supply astronauts aboard the International Space Station.The explosion of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday also raised new questions about whether US rockets are safe enough to start launching astronauts to space as planned in 2017.”It is unfortunately part of the business. The idea of 100 percent reliability is just not there,” said Eric Stallmer, president of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation.”I am saddened at what happened today but tomorrow we will bounce back.”The first in a series …read more
Source: The Jakarta Post
