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Topic: RIP Stephen Hawking 😢
☮️ Coolchic Dee 💟 Joined Tue 10/03/06 Posts: 39952	Wed 03/14/18 09:28 AM
Stephen Hawking died today What an awesome Astrophysicist he was! He made some amazing contributions to the science industry throughout his life time Has anyone seen the movie about him “The Theory of Everything” ? I haven’t seen it yet, but want to someday

Unknow Joined Sat 01/11/14 Posts: 23369	Wed 03/14/18 09:33 AM Edited by Unknow on Wed 03/14/18 09:38 AM
Sad loss, expected to only live 4-5 years in the early 60s. Good sense of humour, shame he didn't get to fulfil his wish of going into space! Yes dee, the movie is well worth a watch. He was a bit of a lad when he was younger. try and find the one off sketch he did with monty pythons and professor Brian Cox,the meaning of life, he runs him over! There are several on u tube.

soufiehere Joined Sat 10/24/09 Posts: 45325	Wed 03/14/18 09:34 AM
Astonishing that he lived as long as he did. RIP little fella.

geoffreyorondo Joined Sat 08/15/15 Posts: 2	Wed 03/14/18 10:27 AM
Yes this is such a great loss for the world, he was such a prolific scientist his contributions to technology has shaped the world as we know it today. I often wonder what it would have been like if he was a fully able body,probably the world would have been a much much better place today. For him that is quality time spent on earth and I guess he has achieved more than most able bodied people wouldn't achieve in two lifetime's. we celebrate Stephen Hawking, great man

Toodygirl5 Joined Fri 10/26/12 Posts: 14453	Wed 03/14/18 10:33 AM
I liked to see him play on TV program Big Bang Therory.

Poetrywriter Joined Sun 10/14/07 Posts: 22675	Wed 03/14/18 11:49 AM
In the Astrophysicist world no one was his equal. Such a loss for the world.

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Wed 03/14/18 12:19 PM
The last thing he was working on was a small, iPhone sized satellite they wanted to send to our closest star, proxima centauri...he devised a way to send it there in only 20 years, by deploying a parachute that they would hit with an earth based Lazer, making it go 1/3 the speed of light in about ten minutes of Lazer hits... All other satellites would take about 15-20 thousand years to get there... http://www.space.com/33844-proxima-b-exoplanet-interstellar-mission.html

mzrosie Joined Wed 08/14/13 Posts: 33997	Wed 03/14/18 03:29 PM
Amazing curious mind! Rest in peace Stephen Hawking

chris2460 Joined Thu 11/17/16 Posts: 834	Fri 03/16/18 04:06 AM
An incredible mind & scientist - so glad he lived beyond the expected years! RIP

BlueCheer Joined Sat 06/17/17 Posts: 19	Sat 03/17/18 02:59 PM
Very intelligent,rest in peace.

ShiloRhiannon Joined Sun 08/27/17 Posts: 11	Tue 03/20/18 02:33 PM
I think we are very lucky to have lived in a time with such an amazing genius. His name sits alongside the best of the best, scientists & mathematicians to have ever lived.

bureche8 Joined Sat 01/13/18 Posts: 770	Tue 03/20/18 07:59 PM


joethebricky Joined Sat 08/04/12 Posts: 12740	Wed 03/21/18 02:49 AM
I think we are very lucky to have lived in a time with such an amazing genius. His name sits alongside the best of the best, scientists & mathematicians to have ever lived. Yes agree, his ashes are being laid to rest next to Sir Isaac Newton in Westminster Abbey. Says it all really. This is the church where the funeral of Princess Diana was held.

istay Joined Sun 02/15/15 Posts: 114	Fri 03/23/18 10:10 PM
Living like him must be very...very painful. Even then he continued to make new benchmarks. This is probably another angle to see him apart from science. I also see how technology helped him to communicate and he contributed back to technology. He will live forever!