Not bad timing though, by the time Branson gets ready to go there should be a few space plane qualified exshuttle pilots around happy to give it a go.
Is it just me or is it a little strange that the world once had a supersonic airliner and didnt replace it, the shuttle goes next and gets replaced by something Apollo a like. My readings of Heinlein and Clarke all those years ago promised a different 21st century than the one we ended up with.
Power to Branson and Rutan I think, not sure where the customers will come from but it looks like fun.