You’re not just flying to space, you’re helping name the spaceship that flies you there.
When Professor Stephen Hawking named our first ship Unity, he explained that space exploration had already proven itself a powerful unifier, noting that nations cooperate in space in ways we rarely manage on Earth.
Professor Hawking believed that carrying more people into space would give us all a fresh perspective, “both outwards and back,” deepening our sense of responsibility to Earth and our place in the cosmos, which he called “where I believe our ultimate destiny lies.”