The crash of the American spacecraft (rocket plane) "Virgin" led to the death of one of the pilots
It is reported that the explosion of the device Virgin occurred immediately after it separated from the carrier and tried to turn on its own engines. Carrier White Knight 2 while landed quite safely.
Spacecraft Development Company Virgin even before the start of active flights, I sold out several tickets to wealthy people who wanted to become regular space tourists. One such ticket, according to some, cost more than $ 10 million dollars. Among the buyers were a lot of Hollywood stars. However, immediately after the disaster, people began to demand the return of money, stating that even if a thorough investigation was conducted into the causes of the disaster, they are not going to fly into space.
Head of the company-developer Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Richard Branson stated that this catastrophe will be thoroughly investigated, the company will draw appropriate conclusions from it, after which the program VirginStarted 5 years ago, will continue.
Branson himself flew to the crash site, located in the Mojave desert area (southwest USA).
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