Three people were killed and three others critically injured on Thursday July 27, 2007 - in an explosion at the California testing facilities operated by commercial spaceflight pioneer Burt Rutan.The blast occurred at the Mojave Air and Space Port, where Scaled Composites, the company formed by Rutan, was testing rocket motor components. Two people were killed instantly in the explosion at 1434 local time and four others were rushed to a local hospital. One of those died following surgery. Rutan was the first person to privately put a crewed space craft into space, collecting the XPrize with the feat.
Thanks to Shaun A. Saunders for the post
1 comment:
Shaun, I love it when you post, but boy this one hurt. Burt now has 2 distinctions to his credit....I am sure that he wishes he could give this one away. Private spaceflight now has its Apollo 1
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