Subdued Branson Vows to Go Slow After Deadly Test Flight

Billionaire Richard Branson vowed “not to push on blindly” with his quest to rocket tourists into space as U.S. investigators started their first probe into a fatal commercial-space accident.

“To do so would be an insult to all those affected by this tragedy,” a subdued Branson, often seen in public pulling off flamboyant marketing stunts, said at a press conference in California yesterday. “We are going to learn from what went wrong, discover how we can improve safety and performance, and then move forward together.”