RICHARD GARRIOTT DE CAYEUX

Private astronaut, explorer & entrepreneur

Video game developer turned explorer turned astronaut tells us about his journey to the International Space Station and all it took to get there. He also talks about investments, the future and what he thinks is the best way forward for humans conquering of space. And of course he answers the most important questions of them all, Have we gone to Mars yet?

RICHARD GARRIOTT

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In the player you can listen to the interview with Richard Garriot. Follow the link for the full episode Have we gone back to the moon yet? (Includes Swedish narration and interviews). In this episode we talk about our nearest neighbors: the moon and the ISS, and how traveling there could be a stepping stone for humanity’s voyage to Mars. In addition to Richard we talk to Kristin Dannenberg, head of Space Exploration and Access to Space at the Swedish National Space Agency (Rymdstyrelsen) about ISS and we get an update on the coming space station Lunar Gateway with Sally Richardson at Northrop Grumman Corporation.

"Sadly we have not gone to Mars yet,

but I actually believe that it is now doable within a decade once we decide to go. We favorite plan to get there, it sideslips some of the politics that I believe is holding it back, especially now that everybody seems to be focused on the moon as the next target again. It’s to do it as we did the X-price [..] just put a few billion dollars behind prices, and I believe if you do that, all that infrastructure will be up on Mars will pretty darn quick."

- Richard Garriott de Cayeux

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