mainly haul cargo and troops during war time, then we went to a place and time when rich people had airliners catered to their whims. now we re in stage three, where we re beginning to see the fact that one day mom and dad could go into outer space, just like the airlines also evolved from hauling cargo, hauling rich people, hauling average people. unless mom and dad are wicked rich, it is not mom and dad today, though. that s for the future. it costs almost half a million dollars for a seat to get on this the flight. remember, costs are going down. it did cost $10,000 to put a pound of anything, anything into orbit around the earth. that s $10,000 a pound. that s dropping by a factor of two to four because rockets are re-useable. we have billionaires competing, driving costs down. even countries like the united