Space Colonies

[Sam Carana]

About a month ago, on June 13, the topic of Space Colonies received a
boost when astrophysicist Stephen Hawking said at a conference in Hong
Kong that humans must establish a base on the moon and colonize Mars
within the next 40 years if we're to avoid extinction from global
warming or another catastrophe.

"It is important for the human race to spread out into space for the
survival of the species," Hawking said, "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."

I wonder if anyone at the group here has some thoughts on this.

Cheers!
Sam Carana