This article is about the crash of the SpaceTwoShip. In the crash, one person was injured, and one person was killed. The article focuses less on the fact of the injury and death though, and more on the fact that the company, Virgin Galactic, owned by a British billionaire named Richard Branson, who also owns Virgin Mobile, Virgin American Airlines, and Virgin Atlantic Airlines, is worried that this might decrease the amount of people who want to invest in the project. Marco Caceres, senior analyst and director of space studies with the Teal group, a company the studies aerospace and defense businesses, is quoted saying, "people will now realize this is space travel, and you're getting into a rocket." The company wants to be able to start taking people into space, but Micheal Blades, and analyst at Frost & Sullivan, has said "this passenger thing probably won't happen this decade."
I think the concept is really cool. Being able to take people to space for a short trip would be really awesome. I also think that the crash was unfortunate, but progress can lead to loss. I hope they continue to get the funding necessary. Great article, great idea, I hope they can eventually do this.
