First privately manned space flight a success!

Amid little fanfare and hype with the general public, the world's first privately funded manned space flight was a sucess. This is a great day for mankind indeed. Much like the first flight of a passenger aircraft, the possiblities that this event can bring is endless. Imagine cheaper and much more accessable ways of getting into space, that right now is no longer a dream, but a reality. I can't wait for private corporations to compete for space travel, Honda, Toyota, Mitsubishi and the likes are investing billions into robots that can do little more than walk for 20 minutes at a time, imagine them putting that money into developing better space faring vehicles. Looking around though, I see people going about their everyday lives, unaware of this history making event. Most people will just sit at home and go "X-what?". It's unfortunate that our attentions are diverted to conflicts across the ocean over petty human greed, that we are unable to see the truly remarkable things in life. The engineers and the pilot of the project are the real giants. Although we can't see it yet, I believe they've already made the world a better place. More details of the event can be found here: X-Prize Scaled Composites, the project site Mojave airport MSNBC