Virgin Space Tourist Craft Explodes On Test Flight

[J0hn]

I see the Virgin space tourist craft has crashed:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-29857182

One killed R.I.P.

[WarHorse47]

Why do you consider this ridiculous??

A life was lost and others injured during this attempt.

--WH

[Tomliner]

I suspect that JOhn didn't mean to make light of this tragedy,just that he chose a somewhat insensitive title for his post. EricT

[steelsporran]

ridiculous
adjective:
deserving or inviting derision or mockery; absurd.
synonyms: laughable, absurd, comical, funny, hilarious, humorous, risible, derisory, droll, amusing, entertaining, diverting, chucklesome, farcical, slapstick, silly, facetious, ludicrous, hysterical, riotous, side-splitting

One fatality, one major injury. Nothing ridiculous about that that I can see.

[rohan]

... One fatality, one major injury. Nothing ridiculous about that that I can see.

I totally agree ... a very poor choice of title !

[Garry Russell]

I'm sure no offence was intended.

I've changed the title to save any further issues.

A very sad day and more names added to the long list of pioneers that have made flying routine after paying a high or the ultimate price fort their courage.

However, I'm not sold on the concept of space tourism and this may be a wake up call, as the Challenger wa,s as to how dangerous it is and how complacent people can become.

I'm not saying never, but this might be years before it is safe and they have been selling tickets...

[J0hn]

Are you guys kidding me? I refuse to explain myself and shouldn't have to. Use some imagination!

Sorry to the rest of the guys, but I'm not going to comment further. Sick of people instantly assuming the worst.

[Garry Russell]

Two of us are on your side.