Stephen Hawking's space trip

[suntrack2]

The day before yesterday I have seen the great photo of Dr.Stephen Hawking in the space simulator which was inbuilt in the airoplane. I am so much inspired through their zeal towards the interest about the space. Their will was fulfilled through this attempt.

In India there are large number of fans of Dr. Hawking.

There are big things to learn and to take from Dr. Hawking.

Really Dr. Hawking Sir are great.

I wish them all the best

Sunil.
(do you have their another space photos)
http://www.gozerog.com/images/Hawking_001.jpg

[LurchGS]

while I have some issues with his recent propositions in cosmology (specifically concerning black holes), I think he's done quite a bit for us - if nothing else driving people to prove him wrong.

I think it's absolutely outstanding to put a smile on the face of the man who has made such a difference in our understanding of the Universe.

and WHAT a smile.. if he smiles any wider, the top of his head will fall off

[mugaliens]

That was just so cool to see that grin on his face!

[publiusr]

I'm worried about how his health can handle the higher 'gravity' on the bottom of the roller coaster, as it were.

[Nicolas]

I read it was only 1.5g in the vomit comet (well, 727 or what do they use nowadays). When we did the parabola's in the Cessna Citation II, we pulled up to over 2.5g's at the bottom. A good thing we were strapped down. Now not being strapped down would still be a different experience at 0 g's, of course. But in a plane that has no empty and soft walls and offers 15 rather than 30 seconds per parabola, it's better to remain strapped down :).

I think the zero g Airbus pulls something like 2 g's at the bottom.

[LurchGS]

he's not *Brittle*, he has muscular problems. A little addition to gravity shouldn't be intolerable.

And, to be crude, all things considered, he's probably not got much time left on this planet anyway - can you think of a better way to go?