civilians. what's your take on this billionaire-space race? i -- i know that right after you get your met gala invite, you plan on going to space on one of these rides, right? >> yeah. that -- that -- that's -- that's -- yeah. >> michael steel's perfect week would involve going to the met gala on monday, and then flying to space on friday. >> absolutely. absolutely. that -- that works for me. um, no. i'm -- i'm not a fan. i'm sorry. i'm not a fan of this at all. i -- i think that there are -- that this whole episode is fraught with a lot of problems that no one is paying much attention to. there is a lot of goo-goo ga-ga over the fact this is happening but i think we need to pay a little more attention to what's involved here, what's at stake here. don't mind the -- the private-public partnerships working with nasa. but i really think the fact that you have got this being driven by a very, very small subgroup