This just goes to show how difficult it is to have a successful
space program: Korea canceled the launch of the Korea Space
Launch Vehicle-1, or the Naro rocket, on Friday after detecting
a gas leak in the helium injection system. Officials of the
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and Korea
Aerospace Research Institute said that it would have to postpone
the launch by at least three days until engineers and
researchers fixed the problem. Korea has until the end of this
month to launch the Naro rocket. Otherwise, the country will
need another clearance from global agencies such as the
International Maritime Organization and the International Civil
Aviation Organization, and set up new launch dates, along with
back-up dates. Such global agencies need to be informed so that
precautionary measures could be implemented in the sky and sea
by diverting airplanes and vessels away from the rocket.
Officials discovered on Friday morning during preparations that
gas was leaking while they were injecting heli