The smartest man in the world has spoken and he has said that it is time to colonize outer space, or else mankind faces extinction. Where do I sign up? Let's start with building a tourist resort on the moon as a means of generating revenue for space projects. If it were possible for civilians to visit the moon, there would be a long waiting list. If you build it, they will come. It is Stephen Hawking, the man in the chair, who says this and I support him. Visiting outer space (preferably the moon) is on my bucket list and statistically I only have 20-50 years left alive. Others might not share my enthusiasm for this initiative, but as a fan of both Star Trek and Star Wars, my opinion is biased.
“It will be difficult enough to avoid disaster in the next hundred years, let alone the next thousand or million. Our only chance of long-term survival is not to remain inward looking on planet Earth but to spread out into space.”
-Stephen Hawking
"as a fan of both Star Trek and Star Wars, my opinion is biased."
ReplyDeleteAs a fellow fan of both Star Trek and Star Wars I kindly point out a typo in your post.
Surely you meant "worth more" than "biased".
How about Alpha Centuri... isn't that where Kirk hailed from or was it Iowa
ReplyDeleteIt must be August...the dweebs are are flocking to the blogs like moths.
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The UN already thinks it owns space. Private companies need to go out there to make piles of money and people should get out there to escape insane governments.
ReplyDeleteHave you seen the meteors in the museums? They are solid metal in many cases. In fact Sudbury's nickle deposit is supposed to be from an ancient impact. If we could catch or tow one of these suckers into orbit we would be unstoppable and rich beyond measure. Oh to dream.
I cant speak for the rest of you,but im not waiting for G-d to reappear to tell us what to do.As a species we need to get off this planet and check out our neighbourhood.This is our solar system.Its time we used it to our benefit.
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ReplyDeleteI could have told you all this YEARS ago.
ReplyDeleteKirk was from Iowa. Alpha Centuri was the first start system visited by humans, specifically Zephram Cochrane. /dweeb