Richard Garriott heading to International Space Station next year
Looks like Lord British’s flight to outer space is a go. Richard Garriott, executive producer of, well, Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa, has officially started preparations to make the trip to the International Space Station (ISS) a year from now. Garriott will be among one of the first batch from the private sector to board the ISS.
Garriott’s father, Owen Garriott, a former NASA astronaut, will also be heading for the ISS for research on biotechnology. Richard Garriott himself says of his trip to space:
I am dedicating my spaceflight to science. It is my goal to devote a significant amount of my time aboard the space station to science, engineering and educational projects. I understand the necessity for conducting research in extreme environments whether it is collecting microorganisms from deep sea hydrothermal vents to carrying out experiments in the continuous micro-gravity of Earth orbit. We need to be adventurous in mind and stimulate our intellects to answer todayÂ’s most daunting scientific questions and to invent tomorrowÂ’s technological marvels.
Garriott will go to space (it’s a little weird to say it so casually) via Space Adventures, the private space travel company. If you have a couple of millions in your pocket maybe you can make the trip yourself and join Tabula Rasa‘s creator. If not, join us as we sit and wait for the game’s release.
Via Richard in Space
Looks like Lord British’s flight to outer space is a go. Richard Garriott, executive producer of, well, Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa, has officially started preparations to make the trip to the International Space Station (ISS) a year from now. Garriott will be among one of the first batch from the private sector to board the ISS.
Garriott’s father, Owen Garriott, a former NASA astronaut, will also be heading for the ISS for research on biotechnology. Richard Garriott himself says of his trip to space:
I am dedicating my spaceflight to science. It is my goal to devote a significant amount of my time aboard the space station to science, engineering and educational projects. I understand the necessity for conducting research in extreme environments whether it is collecting microorganisms from deep sea hydrothermal vents to carrying out experiments in the continuous micro-gravity of Earth orbit. We need to be adventurous in mind and stimulate our intellects to answer todayÂ’s most daunting scientific questions and to invent tomorrowÂ’s technological marvels.
Garriott will go to space (it’s a little weird to say it so casually) via Space Adventures, the private space travel company. If you have a couple of millions in your pocket maybe you can make the trip yourself and join Tabula Rasa‘s creator. If not, join us as we sit and wait for the game’s release.
Via Richard in Space
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