Regardless of Virgin Galactic's motives, symbology et al, it is certainly an interesting development. A couple of years ago, it was continually purported on these boards that this Virgin Galactic project would never get off the ground (excuse the pun, if you will) and that it was all an elaborate ruse to take peoples' money for something that Virgin never had any intention of bringing to fruition.
Perhaps this new development is another delaying tactic. Perhaps everything will be given the green light, only for a last moment issue causing the entire project to be abandoned. That said, the reports, it seems as though they are certainly advancing the programme, as opposed to throwing up issues.
I still feel this is a little early to begin speculating on what potential customers will view on these flights at this stage, but we're certainly one step closer to be able to bring that to the table.