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Stephen Hawking calls for Moon and Mars colonies
Apr 23 2008, Nick

Stephen Hawking called for a massive investment in establishing colonies on the Moon and Mars in a lecture in honour of NASA’s 50th anniversary. He argued that the world should devote about 10 times as much as NASA’s current budget – or 0.25% of the...

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