Explosion In Mojave Desert Kills Two, Injures Four
- July 27th, 2007
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Sad news today as an explosion in the Mojave desert has claimed two lives and injured four others at the site of Richard Branson’s SpaceShipOne project.
Engineers there were testing a spaceship motor when a flow of nitrous oxide was ignited, causing a large explosion.
Scaled Composites, LLC, is the company that Branson has contracted with to head up the SpaceShipOne project. The six people involved in the explosion were all Scaled employees.
Project leader Burt Rutan was very upset by the accident. “We were doing a test we believe was safe. We don’t know why it exploded. We just don’t know,” he said.
Explosion halts work on Branson space ship [TimesOnline]
kathy russo (Who am I?)
1 year ago
My friend Todd was killed in this accident, alone with his best friend. I certainly hope that this billionaire takes and spends the money necessary to find out just what happened. Todd was a good person and will be missed by many. He loved what he was doing and would want this project to continue. He was 100% devoted to seeing it to the end. Unfortunately, his end came way too soon.