Stephen Hawking Zero Gravity Flight
X prize founder peter diamandis talks about how he helped stephen hawking fulfill his dream of going to space by flying together into the upper atmosphere and experiencing weightlessness at zero g.
Stephen hawking zero gravity flight. In 2007 i had the incredible opportunity to fly professor stephen hawking the world s expert in gravity into zero gravity aboard a specially modified boeing 727 200 aircraft called g force one. Stephen hawking s flight to experience zero gravity is exciting. 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.
I can say from flying hundreds of parabolas aboard nasa kc 135s myself that the experience is eye opening exhilarating and personally fulfilling. It was the first time professor hawking the world s leading expert on gravity had a zero gravity experience. Stephen hawking zero gravity flight images pictures on thursday april 26 2007 stephen hawking the 65 year old lucasian professor of mathematics at cambridge university who has done ground breaking work on cosmic black holes and the origins of the universe became the first person with a disability to experience weightlessness in a zero gravity inducing flight.
The zero g 0g part was. Also along with him among others is richard garriott well known for the ultima game s. British physicist stephen hawking has completed a zero gravity flight in a specially modified plane.
What made that flight extremely special was that hawking s illness a disease called als had rendered him immobile and wheelchair bound for more. A zero gravity flight is the first step towards space travel he said. My own experiences primarily were participating in research in space motion sickness and later low gravity accretion.
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Professor hawking who suffers from motor neurone disease was able to float free unrestricted by his paralysed muscles and his wheelchair.