Pad Processing Error Doomed Falcon 1

摘要

The fuel leak blamed in the fire that doomed the maiden flight of Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s Falcon 1 rocket actually began four minutes before liftoff, the company's top official said. Elon Musk, chairman and chief executive officer of El Segundo, Calif.-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), said the cause of the leak was human error, not a design flaw.