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LongTomH

(8,636 posts) Thu Jun 14, 2018, 05:31 PM Jun 2018

Stephen Hawking's words will be beamed into space

BBC.Com: Stephen Hawking's words will be beamed into space:

The words of renowned physicist Professor Stephen Hawking will be beamed into space as a "message of peace and hope", his family has said.

His words have been set to an original score by composer Vangelis, famous for his Chariots of Fire film theme.

The music will be beamed towards the nearest black hole following a service of thanksgiving for Professor Hawking's life at Westminster Abbey on Friday.

He died in March, aged 76, after a long battle with motor neurone disease.

The satellite broadcast will take place after the service, which will feature readings and addresses from people including Benedict Cumberbatch, who played the physicist in a BBC drama, and astronaut Tim Peake.

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Stephen Hawking's words will be beamed into space (Original Post) LongTomH Jun 2018 OP

"The music chosen to accompany her father's words....." LongTomH Jun 2018 #1

Won't the aliens who arrive here be disappointed when they meet us dembotoz Jun 2018 #2

I was just thinking the same thing! MuseRider Jun 2018 #3

LongTomH

(8,636 posts)

1. "The music chosen to accompany her father's words....."

Reply to LongTomH (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2018, 05:32 PM

Jun 2018

The music chosen to accompany her father's words is a "beautiful and symbolic gesture that creates a link between our father's presence on this planet, his wish to go into space and his explorations of the universe in his mind", the professor's daughter Lucy said.

She added: "The broadcast will be beamed towards the nearest black hole, 1A 0620-00, which lives in a binary system with a fairly ordinary orange dwarf star.

"It is a message of peace and hope, about unity and the need for us to live together in harmony on this planet."

The composition will be beamed into space from the European Space Agency satellite dish at Ceberos in Spain.

dembotoz

(16,808 posts)

2. Won't the aliens who arrive here be disappointed when they meet us

Reply to LongTomH (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2018, 05:38 PM

Jun 2018

MuseRider

(34,111 posts)

3. I was just thinking the same thing!

Reply to dembotoz (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 14, 2018, 05:57 PM

Jun 2018

There is nobody like him and few similar. Some of the rest of us agree with his words and would try to live up to them but the majority? They will be grossly disappointed in humans I am sure.

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