[cruise_missile]

I really don’t get what the big deal is here. Orbital launched private satellites almost twenty years ago. Up to 1000 pounds.

http://www.orbital.com/spacelaunch/pegasus/

[thackney]

I really don’t get what the big deal is here.

This is the commercial space vehicle pressurized with the design of carrying people and bringing them back.

The first proving flight doesn't involve passengers, but it will in the future.