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Stephen Hawking Flies!
By One Eyed View | April 27, 2007
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If you don’t know who British physicist Stephen Hawking is or haven’t read any of his books, you should. In my opinion Stephen Hawking is a person who has a better grasp on human kind, and our place in the universe, than any other man or woman alive.
 
I first learned of Stephen Hawking by watching a PBS special when I was in high school. Then I read his book, A Brief History of Time and it opened my thinking beyond the closed in world of a late teen, and I’d like to think that I’ve carried that sense of wonder and the faith that there is a reason for everything, into my adult life.
Stephen Hawking recently had the chance to ”fly” in zero-gravity. This alone would be a unique experience for all of us, but what makes it even more special is that Mr. Hawking is confined to a wheelchair.
From Reuters:
Hawking acknowledged before the flight that experiencing weightlessness, even for a few seconds, would be sweet relief from the bondage of a daily life immobilized by a debilitating and irreversible neuromuscular disorder.
“I have been wheelchair-bound for almost four decades and the chance to float free in zero G will be wonderful,” Hawking told a pre-flight news conference.
Thank you Stephen Hawking, for being you.
Please see the full article for video.
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSB67781320070426
Topics: History, Science, Space, You Should See This - Interesting Web Findings |
April 27th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
Hi from Dubai - great article you posted. We read Bill Brysons a short history of nearly everything that hits on string theory 101 and helps us 101’s understand where Hawking is coming from….here’s to gravity free!