That was a good way to phrase it. The best part is that SpaceX has yet to put up its first space tourist. All those that have been launched by SpaceX have performed experiments on orbit.

SpaceX will send its first two-time commercial astronaut later this year, Jared Isaacman. Isaacman also plans to be the one who tests the first manned Starship in orbit — a working ride. As far as I know, the only SpaceX customers who plan on being tourists rather than experimenters are the dearMoon flight and possibly Denis Tito’s Starship flight, the second one around the Moon.

SpaceX has put 38 astronauts in space. If I am counting correctly that is more than Mercury, Gemini and Apollo combined (34). A great milestone for Capitalism in Space!