Richard Garriott and Stephen Hawking are teaming up, unfortunately, it's not for a game.

No, the developer and the physicist are going to be taking a trip on the vomit comet in a few weeks.

The April 16 zero-gravity flight will be Garriott's fourth (he's an investor in the Zero Gravity Corp.) and Hawking's first.

He said he's taking his first non-grav flight to show "that people need not be limited by physical handicaps, as long as they are not disabled in spirit."

I can't think of a better person to prove it. Brian Crecente

Game Creator, Physicist to Leave Gravity Behind [Austin-American Statesman]