Unlike I first suggested, apparently the South Korean scientists reported that our friendly dictator to the North's missile never engaged on the second stage; it only blew out its first stage. Which is why Kim Jong-Il promised future rounds of tests. Now, I'm no scientist, but I'd wager that the scientists working on his missile won't get too many more shots to get it right; if past instances of his ‘politeness’ are any indication, I'm sure if they miss on the second try, on the third, they'll be the first ever to fly first class on a Taepo-Dong2 missiles, strapped to the outside.
Now, the scary thing about all of this is that if Kim Jong-Il is successful with his Taepo-Dong2 missile, this might make things just a little more scary in the middle East; North Korea's favourite trading partner just happens to be the country of Iran.
scary stuff...the only country that I'd rank above North Korea in terms of unexpected "surprises" would be the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.