Stand By
Elon Musk will have to wait a little longer:
An upstart rocket company says it has delayed the startup of its launch schedule by at least 24 hours, due to the U.S. Army's need to prepare for a missile defense launch.
The maiden launch for the Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, had been scheduled for 4 p.m. ET Friday from an equatorial launch site on an island in the Pacific Ocean's Kwajalein Atoll.
The launch of the Falcon 1 rocket is the first step in a process that SpaceX founder Elon Musk hopes will one day lead to competing with all of the major satellite launch providers and, eventually, commercial space travel.
Here's hoping he's not delayed too long.