Thursday, April 26, 2007
Justice In This World
Here's the most touching story of the day ... Steven Hawking, has been disabled for decades by a cruel neurological disease ... he cannot walk, or talk ... yet he has the most brilliant brain of all time, and has been able to communicate via computer ... He has overcome so much ...
But -- he's getting a break tomorrow for a little while, anyway.
From AP, via Yahoo:
But -- he's getting a break tomorrow for a little while, anyway.
From AP, via Yahoo:
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - For a few seconds on Thursday, astrophysicist Stephen Hawking expects to feel the exhilaration of escaping his paralysis and floating free in zero gravity.It's not a flight into space -- it's a jet that's been adapted to simulate weightlessness .... and I'm so glad he has a chance to do this!
"For someone like me whose muscles don't work very well, it will be bliss to be weightless," Hawking told The Associated Press in an interview ahead of his planned zero gravity flight.
But Hawking may make it into space yet!!! According to CBC News out of Canada Sir Richard Branson will offer him a seat on the VirginGalactic ...
Above is a photo of Professor Hawking.
¶ 8:45 AM
