No, he's not going into outer space, but he's going in one of the "Vomit Comet" style airplane rides. It sounds cool, but I think that he's a bit too fragile to be doing stuff like that. It's not like I'm against it, but I think he's too valuable to risk such things. Just my opinion though.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17156385/?GT1=9145