Branson determined to find cause of Virgin spaceship crash

Sheriff's deputies look at a piece of debris near the crash site of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo near Cantil

By Lucy Nicholson and Irene Klotz MOJAVE Calif./CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. (Reuters) – Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson said on Saturday he was determined to find out what caused a passenger spaceship being developed by his space tourism company to crash during a test flight in California, killing one pilot and injuring the other. Branson arrived in California’s Mojave Desert to meet his Virgin Galactic team and federal officials who were opening their investigation into Friday’s accident, the second in less than a week involving a commercial space company. …

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