[pgrote]

You try, you fail, you learn. It's fantastic more countries are venturing into space exploration. Their next effort will build upon what they've learned.

Do countries typically share what they learn about these failures?

[tomswartz07]

I know NASA has been publishing reports on all of their missions for a number of years. Here's a small collection: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/alsj-mrs.html

I believe that after Challenger, NASA has even published technical reports regarding all aspects of the cause of failure and the steps to prevent it.