Hawking, 65, has said he hopes to travel on British businessman Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic service, which is scheduled to launch in 2009. The service will charge space tourists about US$200,000 (about 100,000 pounds; €155,000) for a two-hour suborbital trip some 87 miles (140 kilometers) above the Earth.More info at IHT.
Branson was keen to help the scientist realize his dream of space flight, Virgin Galactic spokesman Stephen Attenborough said Monday.
"Richard is very determined that if we can possibly make this happen, then it should," Attenborough said.
Stephen Hawking wants to go to space in 2009
Posted on Tuesday, January 09 2007 @ 3:08 CET by Thomas De MaesschalckStephen Hawking says he's taking a zero-gravity flight this year and he hopes to go into space in 2009:
