CNN reporter Brian Stelter calls Richard Branson's launch in Space Ship Two to the edge of space a vanity tour that leaves behind a burning planet. This is the future of private human space exploration. Other "experts" note that Branson, Bezos, Musk and others ride to the heavens on a plume of "the people's money".

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