Human error blamed for Rokot launch vehicle failure

Russia's Rokot launch vehicle is cleared to fly again, following an accident investigation commission ruling that its Oct. 8, 2005, failure was caused by human error and didn't represent an inherent design flaw. The mishap doomed Europe's CryoSat ice measurement mission. Several corrective measures...

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