[applause] >> gregory olsen flew to the international space station in 2005. in october, the entrepreneur and physics professor spoke to the explorers club about his training in russia, his trip to outerspace, and what it was like aboard the international space station, including eating, drinking, sleeping, and dealing with an oxygen leak. this is about 25 minutes. >> ok. so for our next presenter today it is going to be a straight up talk. i want to introduce greg olsen to you. he was the third paying person to fly to the international space station. greg went up in a rocket in 2005 or 2006. 2005. he reportedly paid $20 million or more or less, more than my virgin galactic flight. but he did some real experiments. he started something called centers unlimited. made a ton of money. but this guys a real science geek as well as a businessman. i do want to say he is a ham radio operator. he has contacted earth from the space station himself. we are going to the opposite of in about 40 minutes in the trophy room. i just want to say, greg is a nice guy. his castle,

[applause] >> gregory olsen flew to the international space station in 2005.october, the entrepreneur spoke with the explorers club in new york city about his training in russian district to space and what it was like aboard the international's a station -- aboard the international space station. this is about 25 minutes. >> ok. >> ok. so for our next presenter today, it is going to be a straight up talk. i want to introduce greg olsen to you. he was the third paying person to fly to the international space station. greg went up in a rocket in 2005 or 2006. 2005. he reportedly paid $20 million or more or less, more than my virgin galactic flight. but he did some real experiments. he started something called sensors unlimited. made a ton of money. but this guy's a real science geek as well as a businessman. i do want to say he is a ham radio operator. he has contacted earth from the space station himself. we are going to do the opposite of in about 40 minutes in the trophy room. i just want to say, greg is a nice guy. his capsule that came back from space, the

>> more now from the explorers club in new york city, with entrepreneur and physics professor gregory olsen. he paid $20 million to be the worst space tourist to travel to the international space station in 2005. he talks about that experience. this is 30 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. i realize i stand between you and lunch, so i am going to try to blow through the presentation, and then do any questions, and then we will get to eat. people ask me, where did i get the idea to go into space? i am not a professional astronaut. i am not even a military pilot. i am a scientist engineer, and i had a lot of training in that area. about 11 years ago, i was sitting in a starbucks in princeton, new jersey. i read this story about how the russian space agency would take private people into space. and it was just one of these "wow" moments. i think most everyone here has that same thing. you are not a big planner or thinker. you want to do something, you go and do it. so that is what got me to go into space. now as you know, the original , idea of the shuttle was to take the average per

[applause] >> gregory olsen flew to the international space station in 2005. in october, the entrepreneur and physics professor spoke to the explorers club about his training in russia, his trip to outer space, and what it was like aboard the international space station, including eating, drinking, sleeping, and dealing with an oxygen leak. this is about 25 minutes. >> ok. so for our next presenter today, it is going to be a straight up talk. i want to introduce greg olsen to you. he was the third paying person to fly to the international space station. greg went up in a rocket in 2005 or 2006. 2005. he reportedly paid $20 million or more or less, more than my virgin galactic flight. but he did some real experiments. he started something called centers unlimited. made a ton of money. but this guy's a real science geek as well as a businessman. i do want to say he is a ham radio operator. he has contacted earth from the space station himself. we are going to do the opposite of in about 40 minutes in the trophy room. i just want to say, greg is a nice guy. his c