Dramatic Footage: Chinese Long March-7A Rocket Explodes Shortly After Liftoff

Dramatic Footage: Chinese Long March-7A Rocket Explodes Shortly After Liftoff In the intensifying race to dominate the next frontier, the space economy, China's gap with the US may have widened after one of Beijing's new-generation Long March rockets exploded shortly after launch earlier today. This is great news for America's commercial and national-security space ambitions. The South China Morning Post reports that the 60-meter rocket, which launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on Hainan Island late Monday, erupted into a fireball less than 90 seconds into the flight. SCMP noted: Space observers...