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
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 03 2014, @01:52PM
Speaking of which, Lisa Nowak (one of the love triangle astronauts) seized on the opportunity, and was rewarded by Branson:
http://recode.net/2014/11/01/richard-branson-speaks-after-virgin-galactic-tragedy/ [recode.net]