could actually board this flight. you know, it s been nearly two decades in the making for him. richard branson was inspired by the moon landing when he was a child. he s always been a daredevil. we ve seen him do these large stunts before like doing a crossing in a hot air balloon. it s all been building up to this moment of space flight. he s been saying that he s been wanting to do this since he was a child. today, you know, his dream is becoming a reality. he has his friends and family here to see him take this flight. so a lot of momentum has been building up for him personally leading to this flight but also in the space community because this is seen as ushering in a new era of space tourism with virgin galactic and blue origin sort of opening up the final frontier to the rest of us. when i say the rest of uof course, the early adopters, throwing down big bucks to get on these rides. virgin galactic has sold tickets at $200,000 a pop. we don t know what the going price for blue