Nuggets from Cosmos, Creator, and Human Destiny

Hawking is considered to be one of today’s most brilliant scientists, yet he apparently imagines such colonization to be possible. He says, “The long-term survival of the human race is at risk as long as it is confined to a single planet. Sooner or later, disasters such as asteroid collision or nuclear war could wipe us all out. But once we spread out into space and establish independent colonies, our future should be safe.”