Branson: 'We Are Determined to Find Out What Went Wrong'

Saturday, November 1, 2014 - 13:00 in Astronomy & Space

Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Galactic, makes a statement, and answers questions following the death of a Scaled Composites pilot, and the destruction of a SpaceShipTwo spacecraft.

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