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## Video: What The Virgin Galactic Crash Means For Space Tourism

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_Published 2014-11-01. The fatal crash of a Virgin Galactic spacecraft has some industry watchers predicting a major setback for the space tourism industry._


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## Transcript

Two spaceship accidents in one week, one resulting in the death of a pilot and seriously injuring another, has prompted the question, what does this mean for space tourism? Virgin Galactic had hoped to give anyone willing to shell out a quarter of a million dollars the ability to travel to space by next October. The waiting list of space tourists included names such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Justin Bieber, and Ashton Kutcher. An aerospace and defense industry senior analyst. Tells the New York Times that while Virgin Galactic was one of the leading companies in commercial space flight, Friday's accident has pushed its lead back considerably.

A science editor at BBC had a similar view, calling Friday's accident a massive setback for Virgin Galactic partly due to its impact on how people perceive the safety of space tourism. But some, including folks who purchased tickets to fly in a Virgin Galactic flight say this is far from the end of space tourism. I really think that anybody who says, oh, we should stop and think about this is naive in saying that, you know, if that'd happened with the first. You know automotive airplane accident. We'd be still on horses. A former astronaut told USA Today that while he thinks the crash will certainly effect people's impressions of commercial space flight in the short run, the long term impact will be minimal.

This is the second accident involving Virgin Galactic spaceship too. But the first two occur mid. Flight. While there's no word on whether anyone with a $ 250, 000 ticket has asked for a refund yet, the company does offer them.

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