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<blockquote data-quote="joyi3eth5834" data-source="post: 3015522" data-attributes="member: 114795">Ok,so I have been mentally battling with the ethical issues of posting this so long that the youtube video has now gone.But here goes....Steven Hawkins in space.CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - British physicist Stephen Hawking took a flight on Thursday that gave the renowned scientist, who is confined to a wheelchair, a taste of the weightlessness of space.Hawking, 65, and an entourage of caretakers and other thrill-seekers took off from the space shuttle&#039;s runway at the Kennedy Space Center in a specially modified jet that dives through the sky to give passengers an experience of zero gravity.They returned to the space center in Florida about two hours later.Reuters PicturesHawking 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.&quot;I have been wheelchair-bound for almost four decades and the chance to float free in zero G will be wonderful,&quot; Hawking told a pre-flight news conference.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="joyi3eth5834, post: 3015522, member: 114795"] Ok,so I have been mentally battling with the ethical issues of posting this so long that the youtube video has now gone. But here goes....Steven Hawkins in space. CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - British physicist Stephen Hawking took a flight on Thursday that gave the renowned scientist, who is confined to a wheelchair, a taste of the weightlessness of space. Hawking, 65, and an entourage of caretakers and other thrill-seekers took off from the space shuttle's runway at the Kennedy Space Center in a specially modified jet that dives through the sky to give passengers an experience of zero gravity. They returned to the space center in Florida about two hours later. Reuters Pictures 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. [/QUOTE]

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