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Richard Garriott, computer gaming entrepreneur and space tourist spoke
to students Monday about the importance of privatizing the business of
space travel.
Garriott, who spent 30 million dollars to spend 12 days in orbit, told
students that it doesn't take huge sums of money to get to space, it
simply takes motivation and hard work.
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Garriott urged students to stop thinking of space travel as a
something reserved only for astronauts and to pursue space travel
commercially. Garriott explained that with modern techonology, space
travel is relatively easy, as the materials needed to send a rocket
into space are all available for purchase on the internet.
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Garriott was the Spotlight Speaker of Business Leadership Week, hosted
by the McCoy College of Business. Other events include an etiquette
dinner and leadership seminar.
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