"A company can only survive a crisis like this by..." With literally zero precedent I'm not entirely sure why the author even bothered speculating. The sheer desire to GO TO SPACE is compelling enough to make this far from akin to, say, ocean voyages, or airships, or...anything really. IF I had the money to have bought a ticket I can promise you these events would not stop me from going. As Branson said, this is the cost of space travel, we have known this for a long, long, time. And I would bet most of the people who bought tickets did so knowing that going into SPACE is not a guaranteed safe trip.

Actually, I spent $400 on my series 3 box. Not that your argument would be valid even if it was true. Thanks for being dismissive though. :)