Posted on 07/30/2007 4:30:10 PM PDT by KevinDavis
The private spaceflight firm Scaled Composites has formed a support fund to aid the victims and families of those affected by an explosion last week at the firm's California desert-based facility.
Three Scaled Composites workers were killed, and three others injured, in a July 26 explosion at the firm's facility at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, California during an oxidizer system test for the company's suborbital SpaceShipTwo passenger spacecraft.
"The outpouring of support form around the world has been incredible, and we can't thank you enough for all the support you have given us," Scaled Composites officials said in a statement posted to the firm's Web site on Saturday. "We're trying to do what we can to support the families during this tragic time."
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My wife hear it in here in Lancaster. Sad.
It is.. Rocket science is not safe.
My deepest condolences to the familys who lost loved ones. This just goes to show that shoving a few bucks to Bert Rutan isn’t going to replace NASA. Space, REAL space exploration is much more complicated (and dangerous) than that.
Not yet anyway.. Also until a someone from the private industry is able to go into space (not sub orbital) and reenter safely then lets replace NASA.. Not until then...
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