Will today's tragedy at Scaled Composites be a setback to the goal of privatizing space travel?

Question

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/26/spaceport.blast/index.html

Apparently they were going to cold fire a nitrous oxide tank that was going to be used in a motor for a Virgin Galactic craft. The tank inexplicably exploded, killing two engineers and putting four others in critical condition. My father who works on the project at Scaled said the blast completely leveled their testing pad. Luckily, he was going to watch up close, but moved back to the bunker before the explosion happened.

Answer 1

Hi. I did not hear about this until now. A setback? Of course, as was Apollo 1. But I hope not a permanent one. I'm glad about your Dad. Was Burt around?

Answer 2

I hope not. I've always wanted to travel through space, since I was little.