Chang, Kenneth. "Virgin Galactic Is Rattled, but Undeterred, by Deadly Space Plane Crash." The New York Times. N.p., 1 Nov. 2014. Web. 4 Nov. 2014. <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/02/science/space/virgin-galactic-is-rattled-by-crash-but-undeterred.html?rref=science/space&module=Ribbon&version=origin®ion=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Space%20%26%20Cosmos&pgtype=article>.
The Virgin Galactic space plane that broke apart in the Mojave Dessert, is now being investigated by 15 investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board which severely injured the pilot and killed the co-pilot. The pilot survived the accident The entire goal of the of Virgin Galactic is to take tourists and average people on short flights into space. According to the article, over 700 celebrities including Ashton Kutcher, Tom Hanks, and Katy Perry have reserved seats on Virgin Galactic. Not sure what went wrong, investigators are determined to find out.
This is considered huge progress in space travel since this will allow tourists and others to travel into space despite the pricy tickets to reserve a seat on Virgin Galactic. Hopefully, with more investigations on the accident, Virgin Galactic flights will be safer so more people would be willing to participate.
Overall, I thought the article was well written and gave some information on the company itself. I also thought it did a great job describing the crash. However, I wish the author gave more information on how the idea or the company was born. Other than that, I really enjoyed reading this article.
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