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Re: Hawking: Human Survival Depends on Finding Other Inhabitable Planets
Posted by: Sylvia Hui 2006-06-14 11:30:56

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The survival of the human race depends on its ability to find new homes elsewhere in the universe because there's an increasing risk that a disaster will destroy the Earth, world-renowned scientist Stephen Hawking said Tuesday. The British astrophysicist told a news conference in Hong Kong that humans could have a permanent base on the moon in 20 years and a colony on Mars in the next 40 years.

Colonize another planet?
Posted by: lorint 2006-06-14 11:32:05 In reply to: Sylvia Hui

No way, and here's why:
http://geekswithblogs.net/lorint/archive/2006/06/14/81898.aspx