This week on Same Same, we get a cockpit view of outer space, from one of the first earthlings who self-funded a private flight up into orbit.

Richard Garriott was the son of a NASA Astronaut, but a setback squashed his dreams of following in his father’s footsteps. After several decades, many different ventures and tens of millions of dollars, Richard manifested that dream by climbing aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft and flying into the stars.  

According to Richard, the perspective shift of being in space is so powerful that it changes everything about how you see our planet, the solutions to our problems, even how we see each other. What will change when more and more people experience that? The private space industry has placed an astronomical bet on this question. And the answer is coming soon.

With expert commentary from Raphael Roettgen, space investor and founder of E2MC Ventures. 

Hosted by Máuhan M Zonoozy, Head of Innovation at Spotify, Partner-alum at BCG Digital Ventures, and NYC-based angel investor and entrepreneur.

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