Excellent post!

"For someone like me whose muscles don't work very well, it will be bliss to be weightless."

well deserved bliss, stephen

EIGHT! I heard they were gonna do just one and then maybe more if he wanted to continue. Guess he did.

It is definitely a well deserved ride for Hawking! It's great to see him do so well. Great sift

One of the greatest minds of our time, and it sounds like they are talking to him like a Goddamned 1 year old.

He probably is Aware of all these things by now, his own limitations, the tendancy of others to pander, etc. Too bad bio-technology hasn't yet advanced to the point where he could be 'transferred' to a more mobile vessel. And yet, maybe his physical limitations actually spur his intellect to greater heights to compensate, who knows.

I really admire this man. One of the greatest minds of mankind for sure. Is is true Richard Branson was considering offering him a trip on Virgin Galactic when it starts operating? He should damn it! HE should...

You're right, it is strange to hear them speak to him in such a basic way. Perhaps they're too aware of his inability to express himself in the moment without his voice synthesizer (and, as such, overcompensating on his behalf.) I'm sure they needn't have worried.

Man, I want to goto space and do this too. I also have disabilities. Someone hand me some money so I can do it!

Yes it sickens me the way they're clapping for him like he's a two year old who's just blown out his birthday candles.

you guys are being too sensitive. he obviously very much enjoyed himself. so what if they clapped? i think they would have clapped if it was anyone's first time. what were they supposed to do? just sit there?

[ Professor Hawking is sixty-two years old. I think that makes him the oldest survivor of A.L.S., (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). Americans call this Lou Gherig's disease, after a baseball player who had it. ]

It's ironic that he certainly must have understood what was happening to him at a vastly deeper level than anyone else on the plane.

I suspect that's what i looked like crowd surfing last night.

agree with karaidl. i imagine that if it was anyone's first time doing this they would have been like, "ok going up. rotate, go ahead try it. oh shit, coming down, better get ready." plus, since they were working in a team of three to help him, a little communication might come in handy. calm down everyone.

Im sure,Every person on that flight, felt honored to participate in a day which gave Hawkings so much joy. Im sure they also felt very humble in the presents of such a man.

he brought presents?

no no, it said IN the presents of a man. he put them in boxes. thats how hawking rolls

'he brought presents?'

LOL.

i kinda expected him floating in the air with his wheelchair.

btw http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/balance/

What? No *happy?

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Definitely *happy.

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