I'm inclined to agree. While I agree that that sight of these two billionaires patting themselves on the back is rather distasteful (with their own self-made as

I'm inclined to agree. While I agree that that sight of these two billionaires patting themselves on the back is rather distasteful (with their own self-made astronaut wings to boot), this feels like someone at the FAA just wanted to slight them on a technicality. They want to exclude these two while also not wanting to have hard definitions like "need to orbit the planet" to not discredit Shephard.