What Got Branson to Space? Here's what he said in 2014!

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In 2014 this conversation with Richard Branson was one of Joe De Sena's first Spartan Up interviews. Branson explained why he had the vision to travel to space. At the time he expected to make the journey by the end of that year. We all know a few months later many expected Branson to give up on the dream.

This is an interview about character, resilience, grit, and fitness. What is it about Richard Branson that allowed him to see this mission through? They say success leaves clues, what clues can you find in this 2014 conversation?

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Transcript

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0:00.0	So you're no stranger to difficulties and challenges and you fight back.
0:06.0	What motivates then the next giant challenge which is space travel?
0:11.0	The governments that run space travel, not interested in you or me going to the moon.
0:17.3	You know they've only you know China, Russia and America have only put 500 people into space since space travel began and and I want to go to the moon I want to go to space and I don't want to
0:31.0	and so I thought you know let's embark and trying to build our own
0:36.0	spaceship and so you know it's been a longer voyage than I thought it would be I
0:42.0	thought we'd be able to get it down quicker.
0:43.7	But, you know, but it's going to be all the more satisfying when we pull it off, hopefully later this year.
0:59.0	Welcome to the Spartan Up Podcast with Joe Desena, founder and CEO of Spartan Race. We are talking about overcoming obstacles.
1:05.0	The same way we teach people to get over obstacles on the course,
1:09.0	we will teach you here on the Spartan Up Podcast to get over obstacles in your mind.
1:14.3	In 2014, Joe DeSena and I recorded one of the first interviews for Spartan Up Podcast.
1:19.2	It was with Richard Branson on his island.
1:21.2	One of the things he talked about was his vision for a flight into space. on his
1:23.0	on his island. One of the things he talked about was his vision for a flight into space.
1:25.0	Even then, Branson was talking about what a difficult journey it had been
1:28.0	and all the obstacles he and his team had overcome so far.
1:31.0	We now know the journey became much more challenging later
1:34.2	that year. It's so exciting to see this incredible accomplishment come to fruition
1:38.2	more than six years later. We decided to revisit the original interview with
1:42.0	Richard Branson.
1:43.0	Take note of his unique lessons about resilience, about fitness, about goals, about leadership, and
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