COMMERCIAL SPACE hopefuls undertake their CONTINUE "MISSION TO make space accessible to all."
In essence, the statement is a vision that Virgin Galactic planned short distances in the space, which is currently priced only for a wealthy elite, part of the progression of humanity:
For Virgin Galactic, everything rests on our vision, accessible and democratized space that is humanity come in countless ways for generations to come. How early air or sea technologies, the development is not easy and comes with big risks, but our team of more than 400 dedicated engineers and technicians to committed the potential of these efforts. To travel from research to innovation, we believe that technology is at the forefront of our industry is vital to the progress of humanity.
It is an ambitious statement, particularly courageous in the face of the recent crash. Stuart Witt, CEO of Mojave Spaceport, the SpaceShipTwo called on Friday to life is like comparing the craft to the voyages of the 16th century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. Magellan is best for the start of the first naval expedition to circumnavigate the world, although Magellan himself and the vast majority of his crew died on the way known.
The 21st century is not the 16th century, and the death of the co-pilot Michael Alsbury in the crash could the whole enterprise shutter. Writing for Popular Science, Eric Adams noticed a key hint of doubt in Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson statements immediately after the crash:
Branson typical rabid enthusiasts about Virgin Galactic still insinuate by his lack of strenuous confirmation else that the future of the program can indeed in danger after a crash, even if a death suggests that he already knows what the will be final decision. Virgin claims that it has found more than 800 payments for suborbital tourist flights in each $ 200,000. This may seem like an unusual sound tracks, but at 160 million US dollars, nearly a third of what Branson has already been reported, representing invested in the program. The Company can not on that passenger money, but until it actually starts flying man into space.
Virgin Galactic statement yesterday evening had less doubt than the ones made immediately after crash of a spaceship. But the possibility remains that the SpaceShipTwo perhaps not of mankind bridge to the stars the way its creators is to be hoped.
Meanwhile, the National Transportation Safety Board is leading the investigation into the cause of the crash, and we expect that they'll be very thoroughly here. Everything about the flight, from the vehicle design to surviving pilot Peter Siebold the memory of fuel mixes and brooded over failsafes are all trying to determine exactly what went wrong so that it will never happen again. In part, the answer to SpaceShipTwo fall under the debris is found in the Mojave:
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