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Lord British will fly into space in 2008

Category: PC, Posted: 09/28/2007 at 01:06PM CDT by Brendon Lindsey, Editor-in-Chief

Lord British himself Richard "Lord British" Garriott sure does make my inner-child jealous. First he becomes famous as a game designer, and now he gets to live out my other dream!?

PC gaming legend Richard Garriott announced that in Fall 2008, he'll no longer be on this planet. Why? Because he'll be in space! (The International Space Station, to be more exact.)

Part of the Space Adventures program, Richard will be the sixth private citizen to make the flight into space. Unlike many who may take such a trip as nothing more than a badass vacation, Richard is devoting his journey to science.

"I am dedicating my spaceflight to science," he said. "It is my goal to devote a significant amount of my time aboard the space station to science, engineering and educational projects. I understand the necessity for conducting research in extreme environments whether it is collecting microorganisms from deep sea hydrothermal vents to carrying out experiments in the continuous micro-gravity of Earth orbit." He continued, "We need to be adventurous in mind and simulate our intellects to answer today's most daunting scientific questions and to invent tomorrow's technological marvels."

What may come as no surprise is the fact that the first commercial partner for Richard's flight is none other than ExtremoZyme, Inc., a biotechnology company founded by his father Owen, who also happens to be an ex-astronaut.

"Because of my career, it was almost natural for Richard to be interested in space and exploration. I am so pleased that he is able to embrace this himself and that he is dedicating his flight to research. am very proud of him," said Owen Garriott.

Interested gamers (or scientists, I suppose) can keep track of Richard's planning for the trip, his mission, and all that other fun stuff via his website, http://www.richardinspace.com.

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Posted by Brendon on 09/28/2007 at 01:10PM

I didn't mention it in the article, but NCSoft also wanted to make sure people knew they didn't provide any of the funding, and that this was all Richard's doing =P

Posted by Blairyfairy on 09/28/2007 at 01:52PM

Yeah that super bad ass i used to like be obsessed with space as a kid i had like 20 telescopes and spent most of my free time reading books about space lol

Posted by rtanger on 09/28/2007 at 02:02PM

Less spacey=spacey, moar good UIltima!
*cries*

Posted by grega t on 09/28/2007 at 02:18PM

*cries with rtranger*

Posted by Jesse! on 09/28/2007 at 02:29PM

I will cry with both of you. *wheeps*

Posted by bull 53 on 09/28/2007 at 05:21PM

I wonder how long he will be in the space station conducting experiments?

Posted by Wasabi on 09/29/2007 at 10:26AM

For SCIENCE!

Posted by Dr.Aaron on 09/29/2007 at 02:24PM

I will go into space and meet this man.

Posted by Paris Holley on 09/29/2007 at 02:58PM

is it just me or does he look like tom green?

Posted by BahamutBBob on 09/29/2007 at 05:06PM

You're right Paris, he sorta does.

Posted by Altontowers on 09/30/2007 at 04:54AM

Never heard of this guy before...

Posted by jedipoodoo547 on 09/30/2007 at 05:54AM

Pardon my ignorance...........but, who the heck is Lord British?

Posted by Vars on 10/01/2007 at 12:36AM

Jeez folks, Richard Garriott created the Ultima series, which is considered one of the longest-running RPG series of all-time. Lord British was Richard's Garriot's avatar in Ultima Online, which is considered one of the first MMORPGs. He was famously assassinated during the game's beta-testing too. Garriott also formed Origin Systems, who developed numerous games including Wing Commander and System Shock.

Posted by rtanger on 10/01/2007 at 11:55AM

People who don't know Lord British?!
There's a disturbance in the gaming force...