I just read about an article where they have dedicated 27 square miles of land to a space vehicle competition. The top prize of 10 million dollars goes to the vehicle that travels 62 miles into space and then returns safely to earth and can repeat the trip in less than two weeks.
I can just imagine the horror of a ship just exploding right there on the launch pad. Worse it travels 62 miles into space before plummeting back to earth. It's going to be a long time before I consider traveling in space. I honestly can't think of anything that I would like to see up there.