Aren't we all so glad that a "billionaires" challenge was won.
Don't underestimate the motivational pull of such shows on kids. I'd rather the best brains of the coming generation to concentrate on space and aeronautics than on pushing even more intrusive ads on the rest of us.
Sure am.
Try looking down sometime, at the billions of people who need better things than space travel.
It feels like every 10 years we bail out airlines when we hit a bad recession.
I would really question how much of a business model there will be for this at this price point once you don't make a headline by just taking a flight on it.
Almost every major hard-tech innovation was once prohibitively expensive. Look at solar panels, cars, phones, computers, etc. The cost comes (way) down later on with economies of scale and perfection of the production process.
Ironically, this is far more accessible than space has ever been. Hopefully it’s just a start. We want orbital flight and eventually flight to (and from) other celestial bodies to come down to this price (this is the goal for SpaceX’s Starship).
Edit: I retract my counter -- Bender uber alles.