When I first arrived at Galactic in 2010, we were just closing a deal with Abu Dhabi to it had it had been delayed and had to go through a CFIUS process, which we successfully closed, and everything was moving forward. I think Richard coming to an agreement with an investor in Abu Dhabi in the heart of the financial crisis for a space tourism company, has probably got to be one of the greatest fundraising stories of all time. But anyway, I think we obviously had the luxury of having an amazingly committed founder in our back seat to make sure that things kept going. (20:55–21:09)
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