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Expert: Virgin 'Ignored' Space Safety Warnings

posted by LaminatorX on Monday November 03 2014, @01:51AM   Printer-friendly
from the rocket-science dept.

AnonTechie writes:

A rocket science safety expert on Sunday said Virgin Galactic "ignored" safety warnings in the years leading up to the deadly crash of its spacecraft in California, as investigators hunted for clues to accident's cause.

Carolynne Campbell, a rocket propulsion expert with the Netherlands-based International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety, said she could not speculate on the cause of Friday's crash without "all the data." However, she said multiple warnings had been issued to Virgin since 2007, when three engineers died testing a rocket on the ground.

http://news.yahoo.com/probe-virgin-spaceship-crash-may-085338983.html

 
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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Monday November 03 2014, @09:16AM

    by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Monday November 03 2014, @09:16AM (#112551) Homepage
    I can't speculate on the cause of the crash, but it might be related to safety-related issues I'd told them about in the past. Otherwise there's no point in mentioning them.

    It looks remarkably like "I'm going to speculate ...".

    If she turns out to be correct, and *doesn't* follow up with some kind of "I told you so", no matter how weak, then I'll believe she isn't actually speculating.
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