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Stephen Hawking travelling to space after a businessman offered a free seat on Virgin Galactic

By TechNadu Staff / March 24, 2017

A renowned British scientist Stephen Hawking spends most of his lifetime in studying the complexity of the universe. He is a Wheelchair-bound theoretical physicist and cosmologist and said to be one of the great men in society.

He majorly focused on black holes, quantum gravity, quantum mechanics and more things, he is one of the most popular science educators, wrote many numbers of books like ‘A Brief History of Time’, which sold more than 10 million copies.

Good news, Stephen Hawking is finally traveled into space after businessman Sir Richard Branson offered a free seat on Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial Spaceline.

The 75-year-old theoretical physicist and cosmologist said “my three children have brought me great joy and I can tell you what will make me happy to travel in space”
Hawking gave an interview to Piers Morgan on “Good Morning Britain” he added that ‘I thought no one would take me but Richard Branson has offered me a seat on Virgin Galactic, and I said yes immediately’.

Sir Branson’s company offered first to travel common people to space, it is one the biggest step towards our dream.

Stephen hawking was diagnosed with a motor Neurone disease when he was 21, so he bound to a wheelchair, he speaks through computer and travel with two staffs.
During his 65th birthday, he close to his dream of going space, at that time he experienced zero gravity in a modified Boeing 727 jet.

After his ride, he said “the zero-G part was wonderful and the highest-G part was no problem. I could have gone on and on. Space, here I come”.

The date of a journey not yet confirmed. The Virgin Galactic’s spaceflight is back on track with orbital flights is scheduled for testing later this year.



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