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That won't bring much reassurance to those still considering if they should take a trip to space with the VG Glider.

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Its worst than that Alien, there were casualties to this:

Indeed, a bad start to this space venture for millionaires.

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Richard Branson: 'We are determined to find out what went wrong' in fatal spaceship accident

Virgin Group President Branson, the British billionaire and adventurer who has become the public face of the space venture, made the statement as federal aviation investigators arrived to look into the crash of Virgin Galactic's tourism spaceship, which claimed the life of one pilot and badly injured the other Friday. Ref. USAToday

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Its easy to blame it on pilot error because it takes away the responsibility on engineers but at the same time there should be something in place in place if the pilot makes an error.

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Virgin Galactic: $250k ticket to oblivion?

A PILOT was killed a disastrous test flight crash, but rich wannabe astronauts are still lining up for a spot on Branson's new space ship. Ref. Source 9k.

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Richard Branson and crew successfully land after completing mission to space; company hopes to begin commercial service in 2022. Virgin Galactic has plans for two more test flights before commercial service starts. Competitor Blue Origin and its founder, Jeff Bezos, have announced plans to ride their rocket into space from West Texas on July 20. Source 5z.

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It was amazing to look at (Video) so I can only imagine being there must have been 100 times more exhilarating. Hopefully, this will get more billionaires to invest in space exploration rather than keeping their money stored up in a safe.