NTSB blames Spaceship 2 crash on co-pilot error.
BAKERSFIELD, CA- Federal investigators say human error is to blame for last year's Virgin Galactic spaceship crash in the Mojave Desert of Kern County.During a hearing this morning, the NTSB said the ship shook violently then literally broke apart mid-air because one of the the pilots unlocked the braking system early.That pilot died, but the other co-pilot survived a harrowing 10-mile fall back to earth.
When traveling at or near the speed of sound even minor missteps can have deadly cons
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