The Explorers Club - An Interview with Richard Garriott

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Today, you’ll hear our interview with Richard Garriott, the president of the Explorers Club. Garriott is not only the first American second generation astronaut, but also the first person to visit both poles, outer space and dive to the Mariana Trench. He started out as a video game designer, and as soon as he made enough money, he began investing in human space flight, creating a company called Space Adventures.

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0:00.0	The famous five are away on a splendid weekend adventure.
0:03.5	Do we have to go home today?
0:05.5	sighed Anne.
0:06.5	I agree said Dick.
0:08.0	Even Timmy looks sad.
0:09.5	Cheer up everyone.
0:11.5	Beams Julian, I booked long weekend tickets we can return anytime on Monday
0:17.0	Oh you are clever Julian said Anne save over 50% with the long weekend a ticket from Great Western Railway.
0:24.4	Adventures start here. Selected routes turn supply, saving in comparison to an anytime return fare.
0:32.4	Nate, I am so excited for our guests today.
0:35.0	Why is that, Callie?
0:36.0	Well, we are lucky enough to have in our midst the first American second generation astronaut.
0:41.0	Second generation, so an astronaut that is the child of another
0:44.8	astronaut? Exactly. His father was an astronaut. Can you imagine what it must have been
0:49.5	like? Like my six-year-old self would have lost my mind if my dad was an astronaut.
0:54.0	But that's not the only super interesting thing about our guest. I'll let him explain.
0:58.0	And I've been to both poles. In fact, I'm my tiny slight, you know, if you're an want to you know brag about what you've done and
1:04.8	claim any first now you have to split it pretty finely but but my my my
1:10.8	individual claim is yes pole to pole space to, space to deep is the first person to
1:14.9	done all for. So he's a bit of a renaissance man. He's been to space, the deep sea, and
1:19.6	each pole. That's incredible. I'm dying to know who we're talking to. I have so many questions.
1:24.8	Well, let's start the show then.
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