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To: Lane3 who wrote (20932)	6/14/2006 12:49:51 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543358

so what remains to be determined is whether and when global warming is likely to do that. Stephen Hawking does not give us a specific date and he mentions global warming as one of several risk factors that could end life on earth within the next 100 years and suggest that we start colonizing outer space - starting NOW. Or is Stephen Hawking just some alarmist kook? <<<<The survival of the human race depends on its ability to find new homes elsewhere in the universe because there's an increasing risk that a disaster will destroy the Earth, world-renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking said Tuesday. Humans could have a permanent base on the moon in 20 years and a colony on Mars in the next 40 years, the British scientist told a news conference. "We won't find anywhere as nice as Earth unless we go to another star system," added Hawking, who arrived in Hong Kong to a rock star's welcome Monday. Tickets for his lecture planned for Wednesday were sold out. He added that if humans can avoid killing themselves in the next 100 years, they should have space settlements that can continue without support from Earth. "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." >>>