Stephen Hawking Says Humans Need to Leave Earth Within the Next 100 Years or Face Extinction

Science • May 2017 • Views: 2,578

Um, Elon Musk might want to hurry up and get us to Mars with his SpaceX program already.

Why, you ask? Stephen Hawking, a world-renowned physicist, says it’s almost time for humans to bid farewell to their home planet.

In the upcoming BBC documentary Expedition New Earth, Hawking suggests humans have 100 years to colonize elsewhere or prepare for the extinction of our species.

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8 comments

Unshaken Defiance May 3, 2017 • 6:46:06pm

Today would be fine.
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He is correct of course, barring something kicking our population back whilst keeping major technologies..

Shazam May 3, 2017 • 9:26:27pm

If we leave the planet can we leave behind the more backwards members of our species? Haha, evangelicals being Left Behind.

Big Beautiful Door May 4, 2017 • 9:37:25am

After watching Trump get elected President in November, I concur. We need to establish a sustainable colony on Mars as soon as possible, because we seem determined to destroy this planet.

Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis May 4, 2017 • 10:44:18am

I’d think it wasn’t possible to get enough people off-world for a viable breeding population, but that number is MUCH lower than I thought it was.

newscientist.com

Of course a gene-pool that small would probably lead to Martians looking quite a bit different from people on Earth.

I still think it would be a lot easier to establish colonies in bunkers on earth to survive a disaster, than it would be off-world. Even with a damaged atmosphere, this planet has exactly the right gravity for life as we know it to thrive in.

Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis May 4, 2017 • 10:45:29am

re: #2 Shazam

If we leave the planet can we leave behind the more backwards members of our species? Haha, evangelicals being Left Behind.

This planet is mine. The Christian Taliban can be put on the B-Ark and sent into the sun, leaving us the planet that is perfect for humanity.

Birth Control Works May 4, 2017 • 10:48:28am

re: #4 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters

I’d think it wasn’t possible to get enough people off-world for a viable breeding population, but that number is MUCH lower than I thought it was.

newscientist.com

Of course a gene-pool that small would probably lead to Martians looking quite a bit different from people on Earth.

I still think it would be a lot easier to establish colonies in bunkers on earth to survive a disaster, than it would be off-world. Even with a damaged atmosphere, this planet has exactly the right gravity for life as we know it to thrive in.

Have you read Wool?

Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis May 4, 2017 • 11:44:43am

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