Re: Prof. Stephen Hawking Experiences the Freedom of Weightlessness During Historic Zero-Gravity Flight (Forwarded)

mike flugennock <flvg3nn0zk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:c476c$4633679d$4366619c$21970@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

Rand Simberg wrote:
On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:44:09 -0400, in a place far, far away, mike
flugennock <flvg3nn0zk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> made the phosphor on my monitor
glow in such a way as to indicate that:



Y'know what _I_ was wondering just now...if one of these big shots
can afford to have _themselves_ shot into orbit, why couldn't they
spring for Stephen Hawking? ...assuming there aren't all sorts of
physiological issues that would prevent his going.


They could. Why would they? I wouldn't.

I'll bet Mr. Branson would get himself and Virgin Galactic all the
positive publicity they could handle out of it.

Branson already beat you to the idea:

<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?
xml=/news/2007/04/27/whawk127.xml>


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