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Blast at desert spaceport kills 2, injures 4
CNN ^ | 7/26/2007

Posted on 07/26/2007 10:38:39 PM PDT by John Jamieson

Rutan OK. See link for other details.

(Excerpt) Read more at rss.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: rutanspaceshipone; spaceport
It's a dangerous business folks.
1 posted on 07/26/2007 10:38:44 PM PDT by John Jamieson
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To: BurbankKarl; ElkGroveDan

Ping!


2 posted on 07/26/2007 11:02:19 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: John Jamieson

It is indeed dangerous.

and private industry is not immune to those dangers any more then NASA is.


3 posted on 07/26/2007 11:02:34 PM PDT by Names Ash Housewares
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To: Names Ash Housewares

Looking at photos of the big explosions in Dallas yesterday, I had serious visions of the same photos a few years from now when hydrogen powered cars hit the highways.


4 posted on 07/26/2007 11:06:24 PM PDT by John Jamieson
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To: John Jamieson

H2 doesn’t explode very well.


5 posted on 07/26/2007 11:22:40 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: John Jamieson

Prayers for the victims.


6 posted on 07/26/2007 11:55:09 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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To: John Jamieson

Never well informed, the MSM still alleges that Scaled Composites is owned by Burt Rutan.


7 posted on 07/27/2007 5:21:24 AM PDT by Amerigomag
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To: Spktyr

Where’d you get that?

JRJ NASA Ret.


8 posted on 07/27/2007 10:51:02 PM PDT by John Jamieson
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To: John Jamieson

There was some sort of fire there when I was driving by on Wed.- the day before the explosion.


9 posted on 07/27/2007 10:59:16 PM PDT by REDWOOD99
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