About this Event
The Explorers Club presents their President Richard Garriott. Not only is Richard the founding father of the videogame industry, the commercial spaceflight industry, a flown astronaut, but he is also the first explorer to have explored pole to pole, orbited the Earth, and reached the deepest point in the Ocean. As president of The Explorers Club, he oversees a multidisciplinary, professional society dedicated to the advancement of field research, scientific exploration and resource conservation.
Richard Garriott de Cayeux currently serves as the President of the Explorers Club. He is a founding father of the videogame industry and the commercial spaceflight industry, a flown astronaut, and the first explorer to have explored pole to pole, orbited the Earth, and reached the deepest point in the Ocean.
Richard has been inducted into the computer gaming hall of fame and received the industry lifetime achievement award. He is credited with creating the now ubiquitous term “avatar” for one’s virtual self and the category of massively multiplayer games (MMORPGs). He authored the acclaimed Ultima Series and has built 3 leading gaming companies: Origin Systems (sold to Electronic Arts), Destination Games (sold to NCsoft) and Portalarium.
As a principal shaper of the commercial spaceflight industry, he cofounded Space Adventures, the only company to arrange space flights for private citizens and is the sixth private astronaut to live aboard the International Space Station. The son of a NASA astronaut, he became the first second-generation astronaut, served on NASA advisory Council, and has been a key leader in civilian and commercial space through institutions such as the Challenger Center for Science Education, the XPRIZE Foundation, and Space Adventures.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Skylight Modern, 537 West 27th Street, New York, United States
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