[FPSPACE] FW: More on Mojave Desert explosion that killed 3

[Palladium at aol.com]

OK, if we can get past the problems with people posting or copying news stories from other sources, we can get down to discussing this terrible accident.

So, let's take a poll. Will the fatal explosion at Scaled Composites yesterday...

(a) ...mean the end of Virgin Galactic and suborbital space tourism in general?

(b) ...be a severe setback, pushing the test program back by at least a year?

(c) ...draw closer government scrutiny and regulation to private space efforts that have thus far sneaked by under the radar, and thus cause investment funds to dry up?

(d) ...be a "bump in the road" that has no permanent affect on NewSpace?

(e) ...cause Northrup-Grummun to abandon its bid to acquire Scaled Composites and cost Burt Rutan a megabuck "golden parachute"?

(f) ...remind everyone yet again that there is no such thing as a "safe rocket?" 

Vote for one or any combination of above, and discuss.

D.S. Michaels