Stephen Hawking Zero Gravity
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Stephen hawking zero gravity. Stephen hawking goes up and gets to feel the freedom of weightlessness. After the flight stephen hawking had to say the following. It was the first time professor hawking the world s leading expert on gravity had a zero gravity experience.
Hawking with his daughter lucy at nasa s 50th anniversary lecture series april 21 2008. 302 on hearing this sir richard branson offered a free flight into space with virgin galactic which hawking immediately accepted. Well wishers greet physicist stephen w.
Hawking taking a zero gravity flight in a reduced gravity aircraft april 2007 in late 2006 hawking revealed in a bbc interview that one of his greatest unfulfilled desires was to travel to space. Hawking in the wheelchair in 2007 at the kennedy space center shuttle landing facility in florida after a zero gravity flight. Professor hawking who suffers from motor neurone disease was able to float free unrestricted by his paralysed muscles and his wheelchair.
Also along with him among others is richard garriott well known for the ultima game s. A zero gravity flight is the first step.