Richard “Lord British” Garriott, the World’s Greatest Game Designer (sorry, Cliffy B), announced today he will be the first gamer in space.
The designer of the Ultima Series, Ultima Online and Tabula Rasa will visit the International Space Station in Fall 2008, as part of NASA’s Space Adventures program.
Garriott will travel to the space station on the 100th Soyuz mission, TMA-13.
Other millionaires who have signed on space journeys include Santhosh George Kulangara from India (via Virgin Galactic) and Daisuke Enomoto of Japan.
Garriot’s father, Owen Garriott, is a former NASA astronaut who participated in such missions as Skylab and Spacelab-1 in the 1970s and ‘80s.
Link to Garriott’s Space Mission website.
