Stephen Hawking Floats In Zero Gravity!

I'm sure this was one the happiest days in his entire life, but watching paraplegic physicist Stephen Hawking float in a zero gravity pod gets me really depressed.  Have a look:

Hawking is so cool -- he has an awesome chair, a kick-ass computer voice, and has recorded a rap album (sort of).  but to see one of the greatest minds of all time floating around like a piece of poo in a space toilet, and requiring the assistance of so many people to do so... it's a major mood killer.  I'm happy that he's able to be a quasi-astronaut, I just wish I could take back ever seeing it.  To me, Hawking is a handicapped person I don't think of as handicapped.  Wizards often have canes, but I don't think of them as handicapped, they're just sweet as hell.  Hawking's chair is like a wizard cane, from which he produces science magic, like fireballs! 

At least, that's what I used to think.  Now I have to remember that it's probably tricky for him to use the bathroom. *SIGH*