See what the Axis of Evil speech has done. It gave permission for North Korea to remove the UN seals from it's nuclear facility and now we have this to look forward to forever. This, while North Korea struggles to feed its people and keep them warm through the winter. Don't ask me to thank Bush for such irresponsible words.
A Korean Space Launch Vehicle 1 rocket, also called Naro, launches into orbit from South Korea's Naro Space Center on Wednesday, successfully carrying a science satellite into orbit.
The Korean Space Launch Vehicle-1, (click here) also known as the Naro booster, soared into space from South Korea's Naro Space Center 300 miles (482 kilometers) south of Seoul. The rocket launch was aimed at sending the small Science and Technology Satellite 2C (STSAT-2C) into orbit, Yonhap News reported Wednesday.
"At 4 p.m. today, the Naro was successfully launched. The satellite was deployed 540 seconds after the launch and an analysis of related data shows the satellite has successfully entered its target orbit," Lee Ju-ho, minister of education, science and technology told Yonhap News Agency.
Today's successful liftoff marks South Korea's third launch attempt to send a satellite into orbit, and the country's first attempt since 2010. South Korea's attempts to launch the Naro rocket in 2010 and 2009 met with failure, with this latest mission experience weeks of delay due to technical issues....
