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SpaceX’s Historic Launch Aborted at Last Second [VIDEO]

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When the countdown to its launch ended early Saturday morning, Dragon, the first private spacecraft to ever attempt docking with the international space station, did not take off.

“Early data indicates that the flight computer detected slightly high combustion chamber pressure on engine 5, which prompted the computer to abort the countdown,” wrote Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), the spaceflight company that attempted the launch, in a statement.

Facebook’s Fools: 15 Who Missed Out on the Big Payday

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In music, it was Pete Best, the original Beatles drummer who was replaced by Ringo Starr in 1962, just as the band was taking off. In tech, it was Ronald Wayne, the guy who helped co-found Apple with Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs in 1976, but sold his 10% stake in the company for a total of $2,300 that year — a position that would now be worth about $60 billion.

Those are the famous stories. In reality, there are probably dozens of people who can legitimately claim to have missed their chances to latch on to the Beatles and Apple in the early days. Usually their names are only of interest to biographers and lovers of schadenfreude.

Now, all eyes are focused on Facebook‘s impending $16 billion-plus IPO — and the social network certainly has its own Pete Bests and Ronald Waynes, too.

How Social Media Can Help You Score Your Next Internship [INFOGRAPHIC]

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More than one-third of employers use social media to research job and internship candidates before they interview — and that number’s only going up.

Employers plan to hire 8.5% more interns in 2012, meaning more applicants will be pursuing a larger number of competitive internships. As a potential intern, your social media profiles will serve as an indicator of your skill set.

This Online Colleges infographic shows why applicants should be giving the same effort to their social media profiles as to their resumes and cover letters.

Take a look through these tips for job seekers and let us know in the comments what has worked for you.

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