The launch event was revealing in itself. From NASA to SpaceX to Virgin, there is a huge shift in the launch coverage. Today's event was for the large part an ad for future passengers and I suspect that it was due to the rather "routine-looking" take off and landing. Despite the fact that this was path-breaking, the natural theatre of a launch was missing and had to be created by artificial means with the colorful space suits, the music launch and so on. In a way, this is great. It makes it very likely that we will have thousands of "astronauts" in the not too distant future and scheduled flights to space.
Yeah this is an interesting take. I felt the same, the "theatre" was a bit (very?) awkward at times, but you're right that this is really a sign that that we're on the way to things like this becoming increasingly "routine".
Edit: I should add that I find any opportunity to hear Chris Hadfield talk about space is well worth the time.
