Last One Off Earth, Turn Out the Lights
Modern Desperation
By Chuck Colson
Christian Post Guest Columnist
Thu, May. 17 2007

A few weeks ago, the world famous physicist Stephen Hawking came one step closer to his dream of going into space: He took a flight in a “specially modified aircraft” that allowed him to experience weightlessness.

Hawking, who is almost completely paralyzed by Lou Gehrig’s disease, said that the purpose of his flight was to “encourage public interest in space.” Not out of the kind of “new frontier” optimism, but out of a despairing view of humanity.

For Hawking, the goal for space travel isn’t to seek out new life or even to boldly go where no man has gone before—it’s to ensure the survival of the human race.
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