Stephen Hawking: Humanity Must Colonize Space to Survive

Stephen Hawking: Humanity Must Colonize Space to Survive

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Famed British cosmologist Stephen Hawking sees only one way for humanity to survive the next millennium: colonize space. And he’s probably right.

In a lecture Tuesday in Los Angles, the 71-year-old Stephen Hawking said humanity would likely not survive another 1,000 years “without escaping beyond our fragile planet,” according to the Associated Press.