The Incredibly Complex Life Of Stephen Hawking

Desire To Go To Space

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In 2006, Hawking informed the world that one of his greatest and most unfulfilled desires was to travel into space. Richard Branson then offered Hawking a free flight with Virgin Galactic which Hawking immediately accepted.

Although he wanted to go to space for his own curiosities, he also wanted to increase the public interest in spaceflight as well as the possibility for disabled people being able to go into space. In order to test if he would be able to withstand the g-forces, he flew on a modified Boeing 727-200 jet to experience weightlessness. The flight went without problems but unfortunately, commercial flights to space did not start before his death.

What did Hawking think about the future of humanity?