Virgin disaster a reminder of fatal '07 explosion

Monday, November 3, 2014

MOJAVE, Calif. -- The loss of an experimental spaceship that broke up over the Mojave Desert, killing one pilot and seriously injuring another, has renewed criticism of the way the craft's designer and Virgin Galactic handled a deadly explosion seven years ago.

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