the astronaut experience. that was branson s mission objective here. he was a mission specialist on this test flight, and so he was here to test the astronaut experience and that experience starts, of course, before they take flight. it s all about that training. and in typical virgin style, they re clearly doing it in style, brian. yes, they are. rachel, thank you. the banner on screen, richard branson s space flight dream becomes reality. back to miles o brien, cnn aerospace analyst. on friday, death valley, california, 130 degrees, the highest temperature ever. saturday, same thing. today, it might, again, set a record for the highest temperature on the planet. is it moral, is it ethical to be launching rockets and flying off to space and spending all this money and burning all this fuel in an age of climate crisis? well, i don t think it s mutually exclusive, brian. i think we can afford to