The 5th person (the creator of MS Word) has now paid his way into space. This twenty million dollar per head thrill has brought Russia around 100 million dollars in the last few years. My first thought with that realization was: "why isn't NASA doing that"? They need funding after all:

(AP) -- The chairman of the U.S. House science committee said Thursday that NASA is headed for "a train wreck" if the space agency isn't better funded to finish building the international space station and develop the next-generation spacecraft. Link

Tossing the rich and famous into space would solve two of the problems NASA currently faces: the funding issue and the fact that nobody is all that excited about space travel anymore. A handful of exciting commercials, a dash of press conferences with the returned astronauts, and other PR tricks would go a long way to revitalizing American interest in the space program.

It is just a thought, and there is probably some legislation against it, but it would be better to keep those dollars in America.