| Space Adventures, which has arranged
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| | which Hawking experienced the feeling of
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| orbital space flights for "space
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| | weightlessness felt by orbiting
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| tourists" since 2001, is the only firm to
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| | astronauts was a trial run for a possible
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| date which brokers space trips for
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| | later flight to space. Hawking's
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| amateur astronauts, including Charles
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| | zero-gravity trip was slightly modified
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| Simonyi and four others who have signed
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| | to allow for his frail condition, with
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| on for the space jaunts. As stated in an
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| | shorter periods of weightlessness and a
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| earlier article, Simonyi paid an
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| | somewhat easier pullout from the planes
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| estimated $20 million to $25 million for
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| | descent. Four doctors and two nurses
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| a 13-day trip to the international space
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| | monitored vital signs throughout the
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| station, with Space Adventures and
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| | flight, and life-saving equipment was on
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| Russia's Federal Space Agency teaming up
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| | board. The zero-gravity flight was a
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| to make the trip possible.
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| | success, with Hawking negotiating to take
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| Russia's Interfax News Agency reports
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| | eight turns instead of the scheduled six
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| that Fyodor Yurchikhin, commander of the
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| | and performing gymnastic turns in the
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| expedition, and Charles Simonyi discussed
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| | air.
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| the possibility that billionaire Bill
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| | Hawking expressed hope that his
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| Gates is considering taking his own space
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| | spaceflight would promote commercial
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| trip. Stacy Tearne, spokesperson for
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| | space travel, which he believes to be a
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| Space Adventures, said that Gates had not
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| | necessary next step in mankind's future.
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| yet contacted the company about the
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| | He has often expressed the opinion that
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| possibility of an orbital space flight,
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| | "life on earth is at an ever-increasing
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| but the company already has the next
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| | risk of being wiped out by a disaster
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| space adventured in mind, and an
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| | such as sudden global warming, nuclear
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| announcement about the next client could
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| | war, a genetically engineered virus or
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| be coming soon.
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| | other danger." Only by involving private
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| Internationally renowned physicist
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| | enterprise to make commercial space
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| Stephen Hawking, known for his
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| | travel possible can a portion of the
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| ground-breaking theories about the origin
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| | human race be moved permanently off the
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| of the universe and black holes, has also
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| | planet to ensure the survival of the
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| set a goal of taking a rocket trip to the
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| | human species in the event of a global
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| verge of outer space, possibly on a craft
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| | disaster on Earth. Space tourists such as
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| being developed by Virgin Galactic, due
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| | Charles Simonyi, Stephen Hawking and,
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| to be in service by about 2009. A
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| | possibly, Bill Gates, are helping to make
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| zero-gravity airplane flight in April
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| | this dream a reality.
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| 2007, conducted by Zero Gravity, during
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