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Hawking: Colonise Mars to survive
Teh_Gerbil
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Well... if he says it... thats from a good source. I have often thought this to be the only was we will survive unless we find some way to reverse global warming... but quite this soon? Worrying really... but our planet is getting very close to being entirley spent. We may have to go somewhere close up until intergalactic travel is fesable. But is it REALLY realistic to say Mars? I mean... that'd be highly difficult to do sucessfully. The complications and chances for something to go wrong are ENORMOUS.
Thoughts?
Humans could have a permanent base on the Moon in 20 years and a colony on Mars in the next 40 years, the British scientist told a news conference in Hong Kong on Tuesday.
"We won't find anywhere as nice as Earth unless we go to another star system," Hawking said.
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"Life on Earth is at the 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 have not yet thought of."
Well... if he says it... thats from a good source. I have often thought this to be the only was we will survive unless we find some way to reverse global warming... but quite this soon? Worrying really... but our planet is getting very close to being entirley spent. We may have to go somewhere close up until intergalactic travel is fesable. But is it REALLY realistic to say Mars? I mean... that'd be highly difficult to do sucessfully. The complications and chances for something to go wrong are ENORMOUS.
Thoughts?
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Wouldnt it cost a huge amount, isnt it going to be many years before its possible, it seems a bit science fiction at the monent especialy considering the cost of getting things into orbit.
What we need is a space elevator
Fascinating though his suggestion is, I have zero interest in living in an artificially created colony on Mars.
what did they discover when they started sending men into space ...that theres no where to go!
so for the last forty years ...we have gone up ...gone round and round ...and come back down again.
all the other planets are either dead or out of reach.
it's sad when such a great mind churns out shite like this .
On what evidence do you evaluate his mind as "great" ?
Hawking has been on record, "churning out shite like this" for some years.
I should've said moons as well. Plenty of possible locations around Jupiter and Saturn.
Mars for one could be terraformed and is the obvious place to start other than the moon. Parts of Mercury. Venus could theoretically be terraformed. Once the technology is there I'm sure we will find terrestrial planets and moons around other stars.
All theory for now though and I accept that.
our own galaxy is one hundred thousand light years across.
seeing as we are out on the edge of it ...it would take one hundred thousand years to get to the other side traveling at the speed os light ...and this is just a small galaxy.
wich way would you point your rocket?
teeming with life in endless variety.
plants and insects busy creating and cleaning our atmosphere.
food that grows in the dirt and swims in the rivers.
so ...in ex ammount of years we may or may not be able to travel at the speed of light ...which way do you point your rocket ...with a dozen humans a box of plants a few insects and a crate of beer?
That ISN'T an issue mate, when Humanity's survival is on the line. Money doesn't, and has never mattered except superficially. If it did... the War in Iraq would be over. Go take a look at the US federal reserve... really, do it please. I can't remember the exact figure, but I think it is so far in the Red... (And they are buying new expensive Fighter Jets... the F-22) that in all fesability the US Government should have collapsed. Money doesn't mean shit. They're spending money they don't have just like the Russian Government is. And neither cares... I think the Russians just actually wrote off Billions of Dollars of debt they had the help themselves get back up.
Because at the end of the day it is just a number. Knock a few 0's off. Who cares?
i think he's discredited himself there slightly. there'll never be nuclear war no chance, provided america pipes down on iran.
no nuclear war for anyone not for anything. no cause is worth mutually assured destruction.
Don't kid yourself! You have no idea how close the US government was to nuking Vietnam when that war was on. About the time of the Battle for Hue... they nearly nuked it when no progress was being made!
They might well still nuke somewhere else. Iran maybe...
And we invaded Iraq instead of stopping North Korea getting nukes (Daft Idea) and Israel has said it may well use Nukes against Iran. And of course... Pakistan and India have nukes and dislike each other.
especialy humans who are cornered or simply don't give a toss.
of course nuclear fucking war is a very real possibility.
Colonising another planet is pretty much the only chance the human race has for survival long term. Sure it wont be as pretty as Earth - Hawkings even said that to find somewhere as nice as earth, wed need to go to another star system.
I dont think it will happen in my lifetime, but if they go people up there and bred there, then maybe several generations time another solar system can be reached and another better planet found.
I dont see any other solution really, unless people think its not worth it because theyre too selfish to see a point in working for something theyre not gonna live to see
You would never see anywhere close to Jupiter terraformed as the radiation and gravity is way to intense to support human life! Radiation, UV and heat would be to much on Mercury and Venus also..
The only suitable places are the Moon and Mars and mayve some asteroids.
It would be cool though, living on Mars.
Maybe as a last option when humans are forced to leave because of the destruction of the planet ...