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Peter has had a fantastic undergraduate graduate career.

I mean, you can read about it in your notes.

He's got an MD PhD.

He's got undergraduate degrees from MIT.

He has a passion for spaceflight and just basically opening up space for humanity. And I find that really exciting and just amazing.

I've met a lot of entrepreneurs in my 20 years of being in Silicon Valley

and my 10 plus years of being involved in the venture business.

And every year or two, I meet someone who absolutely loves

what they were doing and it was a childhood dream of theirs and they're still doing it.

And they actually love it. And Peter's one of these people. So it's really my pleasure

to introduce Peter. And really what I wanted to do is talk about Peter a little bit with him,

about what formed Peter, how he came to these ideas, what basically empowers his passion for this,

and then talk about how X Prize was formed and where X Prize is going. So it's my sincere pleasure

to introduce Peter to all of you. Thank you, thank you.

You're very gracious with your introductions, my friend.

Thanks.

So, you know, what led to the passion, Peter, Space Flight?

How did you get there?

You know, it's, I feel like I'm one of those very lucky people who had a calling in life.

And those of you who know what I mean, know what I mean.

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