I don't know why people care, but I can tell you why I care. I believe that becoming a multi-planetary specie is a worthy goal. I don't see if making rich peopl

I don't know why people care, but I can tell you why I care. I believe that becoming a multi-planetary specie is a worthy goal. I don't see if making rich people fly high for bragging points is a good step towards that goal. Maybe it is, maybe it's not. But it is similar enough goal that laypeople might confound them. So what I see is that they have a less ambitious goal. Even if they are 100% successful it won't give us a fundamentally new capability. The project is seemingly mismanaged, and they have a terrible safety record. Further more events like this might alter the perception of 'space tourism', affecting the business prospects of other respectable organizations.