SpaceX rocket launches might resume next month: Musk

New York

ENGINEERS investigating the explosion of one of SpaceX's rockets in September have figured out what went wrong, and launches could resume in mid-December, Elon Musk, the company's chief executive, said.

"I think we've gotten to the bottom of the problem," Mr Musk said during an interview on CNBC's Squawk Box programme. "Really surprising problem that's never been encountered before in the history of rocketry." He described it as the toughest puzzle solved that the company has ever had to solve.