Gregory Olsen
Gregory Olsen
Gregory Hammond "Greg" Olsenis an American entrepreneur, engineer and scientist who, in October 2005, became the third private citizen to make a self-funded trip to the International Space Station with the company Space Adventures...
maybe nervous relaxed rocket soon
As soon as that rocket launched, I was more relaxed than I've been in two years, ... The only think I was nervous about was, maybe I wasn't going to go.
lifted
I lifted weights, I did crunches, and I ran.
enjoyable enjoyment
I would do it in a heartbeat. It was one of the most enjoyable things I've ever done in my life; to be weightless is awesome.
happy hard relaxed rocket taking
I will feel most relaxed and most happy when the rocket is taking off. This has been two years of very hard work. In 20 hours, I will feel very, very good.
against basically felt people pushing three
It basically felt like three people pushing up against you.
dream great
I'm having a great time. I mean, this is a dream come true.
justice slightly word work
I've always slightly objected to the word 'tourist,' ... I think the word 'tourist' doesn't do justice to all the work I've put in.
agency bring money russian space
It's a way for the Russian space agency to bring in some well-needed money
fulfilling love
I just love it up here. It's fulfilling everything I expected.
flight hope space
I would hope that my flight would help, if just to make space flight more routine.
dream earth miles
This is a dream come true. Just to look out and see the Earth from about 230 miles up is just great.
hours inside nearly six space spent suit tested time training
We did antigravity training in weightless chambers, tested for space suit leaks. We spent nearly six hours a day at a time inside the shuttle, training.
center justice people preparing tourist work
Tourist doesn't do justice to all the work I've put in, or the work that the people at the Gagarin center (outside Moscow) put in preparing us.