Mojave Desert, California - A multi-billion dollar lawsuit threatens to shut down Richard Branson's massive ego following the Halloween vaporisation of Virgin InterGalactic's SpaceShipTwo.
The rocket bombed shortly after take-off from a California launch pad seriously injuring a co-pilot. And seriously killing his crew.
This weekend insurance company lawyers said it's still early daze.
But compensation could well run into billions.
"We're talking megabucks aggravated damages," a spokesperson for Whackem, Grubnyk, Spollencount & Fang Law Co said today.
"Liability compensation could run to humunguous fines and penalties, I'm thinking five maybe ten billion bucks!"
Meanwhile in the Mojave Desert crash investigators are checking for signs of sabotage including Klingon Death Ray Beam, a known Halloween field farce previously used against Russian launches from Kazakhstan.
Next January's maiden flight to Mars is now postponed indefinitely.
