Title says it all. I just watched Blue Origin land a bunch of rich space tourists and it’s being called a successful “mission”. IMO trying to massage egos of the vendor and participants as having something greater than an exclusive joyride with no greater purpose than to have personal bragging rights.
Something in the back of my mind…the Ocean Gate passengers were given clipboards with some kind of paperwork to record what they observed. Can’t remember if that was busywork or attempt to legitimize the trips.