From Mission Control to Personal Control
The first era of spaceflight was commissioned by governments and paid for by taxpayers. The astronaut was a public servant; the capsule was public property. That model built the road. It was never designed to let you drive on it.
Private missions invert the hierarchy. The passenger is no longer cargo with a pulse. The passenger is the client — and in time, the commander. The question is not whether private citizens will fly. They already do. The question is who will own the experience they fly into.