Set the bar low enough so that all the pilot academies can sell "astronaut" training for millions per student (financing available).

I can see it now, the Space Cadet Academy

Seriously, the private sector won't have the resources or the ability to train to NASA standards. The flight profile for early space tourism will be a parabola with just a few moments in "space" before plummeting back to earth. There will be so many computers on board that the thing will fly itself .