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Hawking to Take Zero Gravity Ride
An anonymous reader writes "Well-known cosmologist Stephen Hawking is preparing for a once-in a lifetime trip. His goals are for even higher ground, but right now he's readying for an April zero gravity ride aboard NASA's 'vomit comet'. His ultimate goal is to take a ride on one of Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic flights, and this is a 'test run' for that more rigorous experience. Though complex math ain't no thing for Dr. Hawking, his interests here are purely inspirational. 'Hawking says he wants to encourage public interest in spaceflight, which he believes is critical to the future of humanity. "I also want to show," he said in an e-mail interview, "that people need not be limited by physical handicaps as long as they are not disabled in spirit."'"
Oh shit! I would give a million dollars to watch that man bounce around the inside of a vomit comet like a pin ball!
So if I go blind, I can still drive my car, right? After all, trundling down the road at 50mph, hitting pedestrians, crashing through department stores and killing innocent bystanders are all part of the inspirational story of a man who was disabled in vision, but not in spirit!
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.