Space tourism

It looks like space tourism is becoming a reality within the next decade, with Boeing joining Virgin Galactic in this commercial market. Going to space has been a dream of mine since...forever?! That was the reason why I wanted to become an astronaut when I was small with hopes of exploration and discovery.

Now there are flights available at 200k per person for a 2hour Low Earth Orbit (LEO) ride. Where according to Virgin Galactic you will be a 'future astronaut' haha...This is like calling a passenger on a ship a 'sailor', anyway just one of their marketing strategies aimed at rich arrogant folks. People have been going to space and landing on the moon since decades ago. The only differences now are that this will be LEO flight, where the money comes and goes, and purpose of the flight. I want to go to space for exploration and hopefully learn and discover new things for the advancement of human race - which space tourism does not seem capable of offering. But hey, if I have money sitting around and could not find any better use for it for instance my less fortunate fellow human beings, then why not splurge on this indulgence...