Rocket goes boom; so do moon plans
ROCKET LAUNCHES are always spectacular, but this was something else. On May 28th Blue Origin, a rocket firm owned by Jeff Bezos, was testing one of its New Glenn rockets at Cape Canaveral, in Florida. As its engines ignited a series of flashes could be seen. Then the entire rocket detonated, leaving an angry mushroom cloud looming above the launch site.
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