Stephen Hawking flies weightless

This is one of the coolest things I’ve heard in a long time. I hope it was everything he hoped for, and more.

Stephen Hawking Flies Weightless from PhysOrg.com

(AP) — Free of his wheelchair and tethered only to heart rate and blood pressure monitors, astrophysicist Stephen Hawking on Thursday fulfilled a dream of floating weightless on a zero-gravity jet, a step he hopes leads to further space adventures.

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