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Race came roaring off the pad. >> for the next generation of dreamers, if we can do this, just imagine what you can do. >> reporter: billionaires richard branson, jeff bezos, and elon musk bringing commercial space travel one rocket ride closer for all of us back here on earth. on his first trip bezos brought along 82-year-old wally funk, one of the original female "mercury" astronauts who never flew. then captain kirk himself, 90-year-old william shatner choked up with emotion after landing back on earth. >> what you have given me is the most profound experience i can ask. >> reporter: on sep...

>> reporter: the trip, part of a fund-raiser for st. jude children's hospital where crew member hayley arceneaux was treated for cancer as a child. but with prices starting at $250,000 per seat, space tourism is still way out of reach for most of us earthlings. >> it's important to you that this becomes accessible to everybody. >> that's why we started it. i think ultimately -- ultimately the price will come down to a level where an awful lot of people will be able to do it. >> reporter: but bezos and musk aren't content with joyrides around the earth. musk's spacex has won a nasa contract for...

Race came roaring off the pad. >> for the next generation of dreamers, if we can do this, just imagine what you can do. >> reporter: billionaires richard branson, jeff bezos, and elon musk bringing commercial space travel one rocket ride closer for all of us back here on earth. on his first trip elon musk brought along one of the female astronauts that never flew. then captain kirk himself. 90-year-old william shatner choked up with emotion after landing back on earth. >> what you have given me is the most profound experience i can ask. >> reporter: on september 15th it was the four civilian a...