Saturday, April 28, 2007

anyone can be an astronaut... eventually

If Stephen Hawking's pioneering efforts, both on this flight and on the one he plans to take with Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic when its rocket is ready, lead to private clinics in orbit, or at least to spaceflight opportunities for people with disabilities, we will have to rethink what it means to be an astronaut.

I bet the above is music to my dad's ears.


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