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...
carry consider dream foremost learning mission space true truly work
I do not consider myself a space tourist. Learning how to live and work in space and my upcoming mission are truly a dream come true for me. But I am first and foremost a scientist, and I am going to carry out real science.
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.
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.
guy jersey space
I'm just a guy from New Jersey who got to go into space.
crew
I feel welcome, ... With a crew like this, how could you go wrong?