Richard Branson Still Wants to Fly to the Space After His £350m Spacecraft Crashed

Just recently the billionaire businessman Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic experimental Spacecraft called the Space-Ship-Two which is worth £350m crashed after an explosion during a test flight over the Mojave desert in California, killing one pilot, and seriously injuring the other. The spacecraft broke apart soon after it was detached from the launch plane that carries it to 45,000ft


Despite this, Sir Richard has vowed to carry on with his attempt to reach space. He is due to arrive the scene of the accident to see the wreckage of the experimental plane he'd hoped would take him, his family, and paying customers, beyond Earth.


Writing on his website while en route, Sir Richard said it was "one of the most difficult trips I have ever had to make. We've always known that the road to space is extremely difficult - and that every new transportation system has to deal with bad days early in their history. Space is hard - but worth it. We will persevere and move forward together".

Some celebs were even scheduled to join him in the spacecraft to go to space.... 

11/01/2014