I believe that the Institute performs a crucial role in nurturing and promoting original thinking and scholarship, |
I consider my future flight to be a small part of an important trend to make space accessible to more people, not just to experts. I am very much in favor of commercial space travel, which promises to advance technology just like commercial aviation did many years ago. |
Like with any long-term plan, I had to make reservations. My immediate goal for the flight would be to study Russian and American engineering approaches and to learn from the experience. |
necessary to ensure maintenance of high quality running of the institution. |
With a total endowment of $400 million, [the Institute] has worked with 21 Nobel Prize winners and practically all Fields Medals winners. Very seldom with a modest contribution can you have such a great effect on the advancement of science. |
Yachts are the closest a commoner can get to sovereignty. |