DUBAI: Famed cosmologist and physicist Stephen Hawking is going to fly into space, he said in an interview on Monday.
Professor Hawking told Good Morning Britain that Richard Branson, who owns spaceflight company Virgin Galactic, extended an invitation to him.
“Richard Branson has offered me a seat on Virgin Galactic, and I said yes immediately,” he said.
Branson hopes to be able to carry people into space on commercial missions but the plan was delayed due to technical issues and a fatal test flight in October 2014.
“I can tell you what will make me happy, to travel in space,” Hawking said.
The physicist also discussed US President Donald Trump, saying he was “demagogue.
“His priority will be to satisfy his electorate who are neither liberal, nor that well-informed,” he said.
Stephen Hawking set to fly to space aboard Virgin Galactic
Stephen Hawking set to fly to space aboard Virgin Galactic
Dutch couple’s marriage annulled due to ChatGPT speech
- The pair said “I do” and the officiant declared them “not only husband and wife, but above all a team”
- The judge found that they had not actually sworn to fulfil their marriage duties
AMSTERDAM: A Dutch couple had their marriage annulled after the person officiating used a ChatGPT-generated speech that was intended to be playful but failed to meet legal requirements, according to a court ruling published this week.
The pair from the city of Zwolle, whose names were redacted from the January 5 decision under Dutch privacy rules, argued that they had intended to marry regardless of whether the right wording was used when they took their vows.
According to the decision, the person officiating their ceremony last April 19 asked whether they would “continue supporting each other, teasing each other and embracing each other, even when life gets difficult.”
The pair said “I do” and the officiant declared them “not only husband and wife, but above all a team, a crazy couple, each other’s love and home base.”
But the judge found that they had not actually sworn to fulfil their marriage duties — something that is required under Dutch law.
“The court understands that the date in the marriage deed is important to the man and woman, but cannot ignore what the law says.” It ordered the marriage removed from the Zwolle city registry.
