Flagged as this is an old and very much out of date article.

Here is a video of flight 4 that was successful. (awesome to watch too)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To-XOPgaGsQ

Also, an update to the article which people might not have seen was that SpaceX was recently (less than a month ago) awarded the contract from NASA for resupply missions to the International Space Station.

http://www.spacex.com/press.php?page=20081223

I realise this is an older article, but today was the first time I'd seen it and I found it very interesting. Is it bad form to post older articles? (I realise this is Hacker News, but I was assuming it's more important that it be interesting than new...)

Thanks for the updates. That video was awesome.

I had not read the article, so I thank the original poster for it, even if it is "old". Well written, not too gonzo, classic wired.

Watch this summer for the launch of Falcon9 from the Cape.

Pretty pics of Falcon9 on the launch pad for testing earlier this month: http://spacex.com/updates.php

Article is great, but dated: it is from May 2007.