Jeff Bezos of Amazon is one of a handful of rich guys trying to pioneer human space travel.
Check out this video of a test from Jan 2007:
His company’s website at Blue Orgin reads like a little tech start-up…which is so much different from NASA. I am a huge proponent of space travel and hope to be able to travel in my lifetime. I imagine a time when hackers figure out how to make spaceships in their backyards out of an old Honda and a microwave. These guys launch themselves into space with no permission from anyone. It’s going to be fun.
That is quite a rocketship. I hope everyday people will travel into space during my lifetime too.