Experts concerned by SpaceX plan to fuel rockets with people aboard

By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - A group of space industry experts that advises NASA has told the U.S. space agency there are safety risks in a proposal by Elon Musk's SpaceX to fuel its rockets while astronauts are on board. "This is a hazardous operation," Space Station Advisory Committee Chairman Thomas Stafford, a former NASA astronaut and retired Air Force general, said during a conference call on Monday. Stafford said the group's concerns were heightened after an explosion of an unmanned SpaceX rocket while it was being fuelled on Sept. 1. Read More http://ift.tt/2ek6VTg