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Science Stephen Hawking plans space flight in 2009
Science Stephen Hawking plans space flight in 2009 | Stephen Hawking plans space flight in 2009 |
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| by Adam Turner | |
| Tuesday, 09 January 2007 | |
      
Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking is planning a zero-gravity aircraft flight this year in preparation for a venture into space in 2009.
Struck down with motor neuron disease in his early twenties, Hawking is wheelchair-bound and speaks with the aid of a computer. He expressed interest in a space flight last December, remarking on BBC radio that "maybe Richard Branson will help me". Perhaps the world's best known scientist, Hawking holds Isaac Newton's chair as the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University in England. He is known for his contributions to the fields of cosmology and quantum gravity, and is author of the best seller A Brief History of Time.{moscomment} |
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