The deadly crash involving Virgin Galactic's spacecraft is being seen as a devastating setback to the industry of space tourism, which is expected to inturn delay the first commercial flights by few years, according to experts.

After much delays, Virgin Galactic was hoping to start carrying passengers to the edge of space atleast in 2015, ushering a brand and exciting new era of tourism for the willing and wealthy enough who can shell atleast $250,000 for this privilege.

However, now the high-end dreams of British tycoon Richard Branson is seen scattered across California's Mojave Desert with claiming Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo and one of its pilots lives.

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