A suborbital flight is not exactly 'going to space' in any meaningful terms. If lack of air qualifies as going to space, then the economy flight I was on last

A suborbital flight is not exactly 'going to space' in any meaningful terms. If lack of air qualifies as going to space, then the economy flight I was on last week got me four-fifths of the way to space. Neither it, nor VG is anywhere close to capable of taking me into orbit, though.