Rambling ...
Illucidity. There must be a point in there somewhere, but I can't find it.
I do find it amusing that it took a private individual from South Africa to jump start American efforts in space transportation commercialization, outside of the military industrial complex. Nevertheless, future manned space missions will still come in at the $100 million dollar range, and that won't change for a while yet.
It's a good start, though. Late, but better late than never, and it takes a lot of experiments to develop something that works consistently, time and time again.