This week, a private manned rocketship took off in the Mojave Desert and flew through Earth's atmosphere into space. The rocket reached an altitude of around 62 miles, making it a close contender to win a $10 million prize put up by a private foundation seeking to boost space travel. To win the Ansari X Prize, a manned, reusable spacecraft must be sent into space twice in two weeks. A second flight is expected on Monday.

This -- combined with Virgin CEO Richard Branson’s announcement regarding the formation of Virgin Space Ship Enterprise -- got us thinking about this whole space travel deal and the concept of galactic tourism. Below is a list of five ways that private rocketships will benefit both men and women.

For Men:

5. We can take Jackie Gleason’s “To the moon, Alice” threat seriously and literally send the wife to the moon when she mouths off.

4. We’ve got a new place to hide our porn.

3. It will give us an edge when playing Star Wars: Battlefront and other POV flight video games.

2. Now we can control the in-flight movies and watch the stuff we want (see # 4).

1. Now those bastards in the military aren’t the only ones to harness the awesome power of space flight – so finally, everyday, average men can feel good about their dominance over the universe again.

For Women:

5. If you owned your own rocketship, you will forever castrate the men in your life by constantly being able to say, “Well, mine is bigger than yours,” and you will always be right.

4. Men are such uber-geeks that they will inevitably fall all over themselves to go to space, yet few will be able to afford the hefty price tag ($200,000 for a seat on Virgin Galactic, yikes!). The result? More male stewards! And there’s nothing women like more than being waited on by a man in uniform, who has to fetch them drinks and snacks.

3. An excuse to eat more roasted nuts (peanuts, that is!).

2. Two words: Hunky pilots.

1. Finally, you can get a good stiff one that’ll take you into orbit when you need it.