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Zico
26th April 2007, 21:50
The British physicist Stephen Hawking has taken off on a zero-gravity flight in a specially modified plane.
Professor Hawking, who suffers from motor neurone disease, was able to float free, unrestricted by his paralysed muscles and his wheelchair.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6594821.stm

Just me? or was that not the coolest news.. Experiencing weightlessness after living in a wheelchair most of his life... Awesome!

Zico
26th April 2007, 21:55
Oops.. wrong section, sorry

The Ripper
27th April 2007, 02:23
Not just the coolest, it's the most amazing news...One of the greatest minds, if not the greatest mind we have seen proving that disability is not necessarily a handicap.