AndrewA Posted April 22, 2008 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 82 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 469 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/31/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/21/1967 Share Posted April 22, 2008 http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13...s8_head_dn13748 Stephen Hawking called for a massive investment in establishing colonies on the Moon and Mars in a lecture in honour of NASA's 50th anniversary. He argued that the world should devote about 10 times as much as NASA's current budget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted April 23, 2008 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.87 Content Count: 43,796 Content Per Day: 6.20 Reputation: 11,243 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted April 23, 2008 I read an article recently in which NASA said that given the radiation they would be exposed to, Martian colonies and long term moon colonies would not be feasible. Since NASA has essentially ruled it out, it seems odd to have this scientist promoting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted April 23, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.22 Reputation: 9,763 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted April 23, 2008 Out of context, but fits ... Professing to be wise, they became fools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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