Explosion raises questions about commercial space travel

Name: Explosion raises questions about commercial space travel
Uploaded: 2014-10-30T01:09:14Z
Duration: P297S
Description: Seconds after launch, a privately owned, unmanned rocket contracted by NASA to deliver supplies to the International Space Station exploded. What went wrong? Science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins Judy Woodruff for an analysis of the accident and the privatization of the U.S. space program.

Clip: 10/29/2014 | 4m 57s

Seconds after launch, a privately owned, unmanned rocket contracted by NASA to deliver supplies to the International Space Station exploded. What went wrong? Science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins Judy Woodruff for an analysis of the accident and the privatization of the U.S. space program.

Aired: 10/29/14

Rating: NR

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