CHICAGO — Private spaceflight, an industry built on the dream of taking adventurers and scientists aloft, suffered a setback after two accidents in four days highlighted the perils of rocket power. As investigators began studying a fatal test flight by Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Ltd., manufacturers and regulators are assessing possible fallout on his plans for suborbital tourism and the U.S.
Space Tourism Hits Turbulence
Julie Johnsson, Thomas Black and Jennifer Kaplan - Bloomberg News, Portland Press Herald
Sun, 11/02/2014 - 5:00pm
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