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Virgin's SpaceShipTwo crashes in Mojave Desert during test flight

Simon Ball

"In May, the design of the rocket was changed and successful test burns of a new thermoplastic polyamide fuel were completed"

Test BURNS? Would it be extremely cynical of me to ask just how many UNMANNED test FLIGHTS of this new propellant formulation were conducted before this horrible accident?

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