Carolynne Campbell-Knight, lead expert on rocket propulsion for the Netherlands-based International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) has told Richard Branson and his company, Virgin, to “Go away and do something they might be good at like selling mobile phones” after the crash of SpaceShipTwo.
The crash saw test pilot Mike Alsbury die.
Campbell-Knight said that she had warned Virgin Galactic before about using nitrous oxide in its propulsion system because it could “go bang in a very unpredictable way”.
She added that the company “should stay out of the space business” and suggested that they “stop, give up”.
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Source: The Drum
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