Author Description

Greg Olsen, one of the few civilians to travel aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket and spend time aboard the International Space Station, recounts the road he traveled to reach this pinnacle of achievement. This is the uplifting story of one man's journey from an unpromising youth to success as a high-tech entrepreneur, of the two companies he founded and sold, and of the odds he had to overcome to qualify for the space flight. He recounts the lessons he learned along the way about the importance of hard work, focusing on objectives, finding the right mentors and outstanding colleagues, and being flexible enough to recognize a stroke of good fortune and capitalize on it.