Dare To Dream: How a Young Iranian Girl Became an Astronaut

Anousheh Ansari is really passionate about taking humanity to the next level. To make it a reality, she partnered with Peter Diamandis to launch the X-Prize for aviation which eventually funded the development of Virgin Galactic, space craft that took America back to space. This also enabled open up private space travel to the world.

TIMESTAMPS OF THE IMPORTANT LESSONS FROM THIS VIDEO:

01:12 Anousheh Ansari's favorite quotes about dreaming

06:00 What was that fare that kept you even wanting to pursue your dream

11:42 Inspiring innovation through competition

14:08 Story of Anousheh Ansari's space visit

Anousheh continues to help humanity to solve their problems through her philanthropic efforts and collaboration with X-Prize.

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