Well, FWIW, in the initial press conference, tourism was one of the claimed applications, though that could have been just smokescreen.
On 2015-02-16 18:03, Chris Jones wrote:
On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Rand Simberg <simberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:But, as Bill also said, the primary benefit of air launch is insertion flexibility and single-orbit rendezvous. This is currently driven bymilitary requirements, but in the future, it could be attractive for spacepassengers who want to minimize the time to reach an orbital facility.What is the mass of a passenger and crew and life support to orbit for a (say) one day flight? To my knowledge, it's well beyond any current air launch system, and Stratolaunch, which seems to be promising the ability, has yet to prove any of their hardware. So, TBD at best, vapor very likely.