Richard Garriott Blogs: Sending Stephen Hawking Into Zero-G

Game designer Richard Garriott was one of the first investors into zero-gravity adventure flight company Zero G, and was present last week when the company took Stephen Hawking up in one of its aircraft.

But don't listen to me -- go read Garriott's blog, where he personally recounts the experience... and Hawking's reaction:

It was amazing. The zero-g part was wonderful, I could have gone on and on – space here I come!

Somehow I feel a lot better about sending Stephen Hawking into space than, say, Lance Bass.
Richard Garriott blogs about Hawking flight [Tabula Rasa]