Synopsis
The road to the stars is open
The story of legendary computer game developer Richard Garriott's spaceflight in October 2008.
2010 Directed by Mike Woolf
The story of legendary computer game developer Richard Garriott's spaceflight in October 2008.
Heading into this, I was kind of thinking that it would be about a really rich dude kind of bragging about the fact that he could afford to go into space. And yeah, Garriott's stupid rich and there is almost zero chance anyone lacking his wealth would be able to take such a journey as the one portrayed here. But here's the deal. He's a philanthropic guy. Does a lot of good stuff. He's got the cash. Who am I to tell him what to do with it? I don't think he's going around shooting animals so he's already got a leg up as far as I'm concerned. I mean he just wanted to do what his father did. And…