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Explosion at Scaled Composites Kills 2, Injures 4

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the burning-up dept.

Animats writes "Details are scant at this time, but a explosion at the Scaled Composites rocket test facility has killed two people and seriously injured four more. The Los Angeles Times reports that the explosion was 'ignited by a tank of nitrous oxide.' This is Burt Rutan's facility, and the home of SpaceShip One and Virgin Galactic spacecraft development."

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  1. De Ja Vu by slacktheplanet · · Score: 0, Funny

    Here in Dallas, we just had a massive gas explosion yesterday at an propane/acetylene company.

  2. New planet definition.... by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 3, Funny

    an asteroid with botox treatment.

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  3. Re:what the shit... by terrymr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do you think I'm going up in that thing sober?

  4. Re:what the shit... by Kenshin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Whats next for space news? a new discovery? or more paris hilton type shit?

    Ah, just wait till the Russians show off their Lindsay Lohan type shit...

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  5. Quick Turnaround by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Scaled Composites website says they are "NOW HIRING!"

    http://www.scaled.com/

  6. Re:sorry by Bonobo_Unknown · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The Los Angeles Times reports that the explosion was 'ignited by a tank of nitrous oxide.'" Just goes to show that nitrous oxide is no laughing matter.

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  7. Pull out of forklift-aided transportation by markov_chain · · Score: 5, Funny

    The increased U.S. efficiency in handling goods is not worth the price in human lives.

    While corporations are profiting from increased handling capacity, our brave young men and women are dying unnecessarily.

    Ban forklifts!

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  8. nitrus oxide explosion is no laughing matter by Salgamma · · Score: 1, Funny

    'nuff said

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  9. Re:Oh, damn! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    whenever I hear of someone dying I try to look at the bright side and think:
     
    "well, maybe they deserved it"

  10. No, they NEED zombies! by jd · · Score: 3, Funny

    I disagree. A zombie army will come in handy when fighting patent battles. Lawyers can't suck the lifeblood from a zombie, because it doesn't have any.

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  11. Re:Sabot is French, Luddites were English by osu-neko · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your use of the word 'entymology' really bugs me...

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