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Ultima creator goes to space

Tuesday, Oct. 14 2008 | Author: Mel

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Here’s one for the history books.

Ultima and Tabula Rasa creator Richard Garriott AKA Lord British recently went to space aboard a Russian Soyuz TMA-13 rocket. The rocket took off at Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome.

Garriott’s trip is directly linked to his involvement with Space Adventures, a Washington DC business that allows wealthy “tourists” take the ultimate vacation by going to the International Space Station. The company has entered into a partnership with the Russian Federation to facilitate the trips.

Lest it be said that this is a junket, Garriott paid $30 million for the 12-day trip. He is going to perform some experiments for sponsors as a way of defraying the cost of his expensive trip to space.

And here’s another bit of trivia, Garriott is the first American to have a parent who also went to space. His father Owen Garriott went aboard Skylab in 1973 and was also on a mission inside Space Shuttle Columbia in 1983.