CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) -- The world's next space tourist, a computer game wizard, said Wednesday he's spending the bulk of his fortune on his $30 million adventure this fall.
Computer-game wizard Richard Garriott says he's spending millions on his space adventure.
Richard Garriott will make history as the first child of an American astronaut to rocket into orbit, and his dad will keep in touch with him during his time in space.
Garriott is set to fly aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the international space station Oct. 12. Speaking at a news conference in Houston on Wednesday, he said: "To be frank, this price tag is the majority of my wealth."
The 47-year-old Garriott said space flight was a goal he'd been working toward for much of his life. Poor eyesight ruined whatever shot he might have had at becoming a professional astronaut.
"But versus being crushed and giving up on that dream, that just set me on the path of saying, 'Oh, wait a minute, you can't tell me no,"' he said. "Literally, throughout my entire professional career, I've been investing in the privatization of space. ... so my father, he was not shocked at all to see me pursuing this."
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