The multi million dollar trips to the ISS aside, looks like the business of taking folks into space is getting closer to reality. Have you booked your ticket yet? =) Me neither sad to say.
My own guess on the timeline:
The glide tests of SS2 will probably continue for another 6 months. That assumption is based on a comparison of the timeline for SS1. First drop test of SS1 came 4 months before the first powered flight. I figure they'll be more careful here, but you also have to figure, they have a significantly deeper pocketbook, and much more experience. Then maybe 6-9 months of powered flights, another 3-6 months of space flights, and then... commercial! I fella can dream can't he? Just thankful there are rich folks like Branson out there pushing the envelope and pulling us all along into the future.
