Stephen Hawking has passed away

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Great mastermid, RIP

[Kronus_Aerospace]

Without question, the world has just a lost a visionary scientist and a good man...

He outlived his life expectancy by 50 years and made great contributions to the field of cosmology. Stephen Hawking will not soon nor ever be forgotten.

I just wish it didn't have to happen today.

Edited March 14, 2018 by Kronus_Aerospace

[FleshJeb]

  On 3/14/2018 at 6:08 AM, pxi said:

I'll just leave this BT advert here, if you're not familiar with it I *highly* suggest you give it a watch, it's as poignant today as it was when they were airing it.

R.I.P.

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Edited March 14, 2018 by FleshJeb

[monstah]

  On 3/14/2018 at 3:53 AM, daniel l. said:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43396008

I can't describe how sad this makes me... 

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  On 3/14/2018 at 4:30 AM, StrandedonEarth said:

One of the brightest stars in the universe has died today, March 14th. The night sky seems a little summer now....

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/stephen-hawking-dead-obituary-1.4575341

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[roboslacker]

I learned the news in my English class.

[Confused Scientist]

This is the saddest I've been in a long time. Stephen Hawking was the single most inspirational person of the last fifty years, period.

[Wildcat111]

It's amazing that he explored the universe in a wheelchair

RIP Stephen Hawking. May he live in the minds of all humankind.

 

Edited March 14, 2018 by Wildcat111

[TheKosanianMethod]

He was given two years. He gave that the finger and proceeded to explore the universe with his mind. I wish him well in whatever comes next. 

[TheKosmonaut]

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[sevenperforce]

Dammit.

Do not go gentle into that good night; rage, rage against the dying of the light.

[cubinator]

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What a great person he was.

[Cheif Operations Director]

  On 3/14/2018 at 4:24 AM, HebaruSan said:

I'm happy he made it to a normal age. Doctors gave him 2 years to live in 1963.

A shame we can't arrange to spread his ashes over a black hole.

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You technically could.

[Spaceception]

RIP Stephen Hawking... I'm glad he was able to live to a decent age, despite all the odds against him, he kept going. I didn't expect this though.

[Fraktal]

  On 3/14/2018 at 9:48 AM, cypher_00 said:

A sad day..

I wish he lived long enough to witness the birth of the theory of everything but it wasn't to be.

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Naming the theory after him once it's complete and proven would be the least we, the generations after him, could do to preserve his name for the rest of human history.

[Chel]

At least he had a good life. His doctor said he only had two years to live in 1963, and here's a picture of him floating around in a zero-gravity chamber in 2007. He looks so happy 

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[SaturnianBlue]

"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge"

Rest in peace, Stephen Hawking.

[Clockwork13]

  On 3/14/2018 at 4:24 AM, HebaruSan said:

I'm happy he made it to a normal age. Doctors gave him 2 years to live in 1963.

A shame we can't arrange to spread his ashes over a black hole.

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Was thinking, his ashes should be at least sent into space if possible. I recall him saying that he always has wanted to go to space.

[YNM]

  On 3/15/2018 at 4:56 AM, Clockwork13 said:

Was thinking, his ashes should be at least sent into space if possible. I recall him saying that he always has wanted to go to space.

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Clyde Tombaugh's was sent on New Horizons, are there any extrasolar-system mission in planning ? Preferrably one sent in the direction of Sagittarius...

[Wildcat111]

  On 3/14/2018 at 1:49 PM, Wildcat111 said:

It's amazing that he explored the universe in a wheelchair

RIP Stephen Hawking. May he live in the minds of all humankind.

 

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As an additional sentence, may rocket science never fail you.

[RoadRunnerAerospace]

Rip Steven Hawking
one of the greatest minds we have ever known

[guesswho2778]

rest in peace Stephen Hawking

he also died on Einsteins birthday

[PakledHostage]

The guys at the University of Nottingham's Sixty Symbols YouTube channel reminiscing about Dr Hawking:

 

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[Kerbinchaser]

Well I mean... It was imminent. 

 

But he lived WAAAAY longer than expected, so...

[NSEP]

  On 3/16/2018 at 11:53 PM, Lo Var Lachland said:

Well I mean... It was imminent. 

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I honestly have to agree with that. But it was still very sad.