Pedestrians pass in front of a banner displaying Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. signage. (Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg)
(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- Richard Branson has been to space. Jeff Bezos will soon visit, too. Rich people have done this sort of thing before, but Branson and Bezos didn’t just pay for a ticket—they paid for the spaceships. Individuals, if they’re wealthy enough, are no longer beholden to government craft when they want to leave the planet for a little while.