The idea of personally exploring outer space appeals to many but the closest most folks can get now is to create an inexpensive satellite that can go out into space on the growing number of private launch vehicles.
If America's spirit of free enterprise can be harnessed to exploringspace while also relieving the burden on taxpayers of NASA's extravagance, so much the better.
In this way, things like rocket engines, satellites, Mars-exploring rovers, space suits, and water purifiers on the International Space Station become part of everyday life on Earth.