When an experimental passenger spacecraft called Space Ship Two crashed during a test flight in the Mojave Desert back in October, attention focused on the company behind it: Virgin Galactic. Less attention was given to the small community of Mojave, population 4,500, where Space Ship Two was born. A growing number of young rocket scientists and entrepreneurs are slowly transforming this remote desert outpost into a space industry boomtown.
Remote Mojave Desert Town Blasts Off Into the Future
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