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Private Spaceship Maker Cited In Blast
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Published: January 19, 2008
LOS ANGELES - The company that flew the first privately funded manned rocket into space has been cited in connection with an explosion last summer that killed three workers, the state said Friday.
California occupational safety inspectors said in a report that Scaled Composites failed to properly train workers about the dangers of nitrous oxide used during a July test.
The state levied three citations against Scaled, including two that were considered "serious," and fined the spaceship builder $25,870. The company has 15 days to pay or appeal.
Three workers died and three were seriously injured in the explosion at a remote testing facility in the Mojave Desert. The test was part of the development of a new rocket motor for SpaceShipTwo, a passenger vehicle that Mojave-based Scaled is building for Virgin Galactic.
The Associated Press
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