Thursday, April 26, 2007

Hawking getting ready

Stephen Hawking set to fly weightless (AP)

Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking answers questions on a computer attached to his wheelchair, during an interview in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, April 24, 2007. Hawking, 65, who has Lou Gehrig's disease, will go on a weightless flight on Thursday aboard a modified Boeing 727. He will be the first person with a disability to fly on the one of the flights offered by Zero Gravity Corp., a space tourism company. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - Stephen Hawking has been imprisoned by his body for many years. But for a few seconds on Thursday, the celebrated physicist and author will float free, unrestricted by his paralyzed muscles and his wheelchair as he floats weightless on a zero gravity flight.


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