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November 03, 2014

Branson says 'no explosion' behind spacecraft crash
London (AFP) Nov 03, 2014
Richard Branson, the British billionaire founder of Virgin Galactic, on Monday hit out against "self-proclaimed experts" asserting an explosion was behind the crash of the company's spacecraft last week. Evidence showed there was "no explosion" behind the deadly crash last Friday of SpaceShipTwo, he told Sky News television. "I've never seen such irresponsible innuendo and damaging innuendo," the tycoon said. Branson also vowed to "push on" with Virgin's passenger travel space programme once ... read more

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