What kinds of commercial applications might the crystal growth have?
Primarily for the infrared camera (my company manufactures) and other infrared cameras. By growing the crystal without gravity I believe we can make more uniform crystals where the chemical composition doesn’t vary along the wafer that’s created. What are your other motivations for going on this trip? Gregory Olsen will be accompanied by two cosmonauts to the ISS I want to see Princeton, New Jersey, which is where I live. But the thing I really want to do is share this information with others – with school groups. That’s the third part of the mission. A is the “wow” of orbit, B the science, C sharing this and that will take place during the mission and afterwards. I want to motivate as many young people as I can to go into science and maths. It worked for me and it can work for them. Why do you think that is so important? If you look at the numbers coming out of China, it’s frightening. It’s great for China and I’m all for it. But when you compare that with the US on a per capita basis
