Stephen Hawking plans to see space(He's got a ticket to ride)

The Telegraph ^ | 08/01/2007 | Roger Highfield

[nmh]

What he peddles is absolute garbage and stupid people eat it up as "knowledge". The world will be a better place without these egotistical liars.

[Constitution Day]

Noted.

[supercat]

There's a company that flies zero-g flights commercially with a modified 727-200F.

Did the X-prize craft achieve extended zero-G time? If not, I think that would be a significant prize criterion. Zero-G is one of the few conditions which is available in space that is not available--at least not for very long--on earth.

[LanaTurnerOverdrive]

What he peddles is absolute garbage and stupid people eat it up as "knowledge". The world will be a better place without these egotistical liars.

21 posted on 01/07/2007 6:54:09 PM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)

I guess your tag line says it all. Enjoy your bliss, little fella.

[Mamzelle]

This isn't "zero g" any more than skydiving or bungee jumping is zero G. It's an illusion, an uncomfortable illusion, like the "fun houses" I used to go to as a little girl, where the rooms are built in funny angles to make you feel as if you're walking up the side. The plane is diving faster than you can fall, so you think you are floating. The inner ear is offended, so you barf. But it's an interesting lesson in relativity.