Observatory Report : Survival Outlook of EarthBound Carbon Based Units - Non-Prometheus/Solaris/Neutron-Centric Body
Hong Kong (AFP) Jun 14, 2006
Life on Earth
British physicist and mathematician Stephen Hawking said Tuesday that the human race should reach for the stars in order to survive. Speaking on a six-day visit to Hong Kong, Hawking said: "It is important for the human race to spread out into space for the survival of the species.
"Life on Earth is at an ever increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster such as sudden global warming, nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus or other dangers we haven't yet thought of.
"But if we can avoid killing ourselves for the next hundred years we should have settlements that can continue without support from Earth," he said, predicting a lunar settlement within 20 years and a Martian colony in 40.
Hong Kong (AFP) Jun 14, 2006
Life on Earth
British physicist and mathematician Stephen Hawking said Tuesday that the human race should reach for the stars in order to survive. Speaking on a six-day visit to Hong Kong, Hawking said: "It is important for the human race to spread out into space for the survival of the species.
"Life on Earth is at an ever increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster such as sudden global warming, nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus or other dangers we haven't yet thought of.
"But if we can avoid killing ourselves for the next hundred years we should have settlements that can continue without support from Earth," he said, predicting a lunar settlement within 20 years and a Martian colony in 40.
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