Actually, Stephen Hawking gets a couple tickets to ride — into zero gravity! On April 26, the Zero Gravity Corporation (great name!) will take Hawking on a trip into 0-g (making him the 0G-MC!) for free, because he’s just so fabulous. As well they should. And what’s more, Richard Branson is already saving Hawking a seat on Virgin Galactic, on the hizzouse. w3rd!
Hawking to Make Zero Gravity Flight (sfgate.com)