@Topic,
Ironic that we black Africans are discussing Hawkings' idea. Strangely, if that were to ever happen, I guess we'd all be stuck here anyway. Africans in Africa, as well as Africans elsewhere.

Or are the diasporeans assuming they would be automatically granted a ticket out of 'hell', simply by virtue of their passports?

So people now want 2 move 2 mars?what a confused world we live in. . .God have mercy

houvest:

Hawkins theory is worth looking into. There are Trillions of Planets in space. It is highly possible that God has equipped man with the ability of discovering them, inhabitting them and harnessing them. If not why create so many planets? Giod is not wasteful is my belief.

. . .but we were told we had only 9 planets? confused scientists.anytime I take a look at dat man,called hawking,I just shake my head in pity

philip0906:

. . .but we were told we had only 9 planets? confused scientists.anytime I take a look at dat man,called hawking,I just shake my head in pity

your quoted post meant trillions of planets in space which is actually right.

You must be referring to 9 planets in our solar system, and as a matter of fact it has been re-categorized to 8 planets as pluto has been stripped of its planetary status.

snowdrops:

your quoted post meant trillions of planets in space which is actually right.

You must be referring to 9 planets in our solar system, and as a matter of fact it has been re-categorized to 8 planets as pluto has been stripped of its planetary status.

Yh,my exact point and d confusion continues. . .They'll keep "re-categorising" 2 suit their "discoveries".
I found this article about Stephen Hawking,the man who wants 2 go and live in another planet.In his "wisdom",there is indeed folly,afterall he is a man
Hawking claims "The Big Bang was in inevitable consequence of the laws of physics." Hawking continues "Because there is such a law as the law of Gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing."How can the universe create itself from thing, if the law of gravity is causing the universe? Isn't gravity a something? In short, it seems to me Hawking is saying "Gravity, not God caused the universe." Of course this begs the question "What caused Gravity?" or even "Who created gravity from which the universe would come?"
Not insinuating anything,just amused

we on earth is a dissater waiting to happen. well, 4 our dear tom hawk, he should know taht there is no where you go in the universe that you can escape this collision, or at worst the big bang. in 1992, the earth missed this disaster by just 9 hours. the world should know that one day, all this life we know will end either with a collision with an astroid, big bag, green house effect, ice meltdown, volcanic eruption, earthquath or the death of our sun itself

lekside44:

we on earth is a dissater waiting to happen. well, 4 our dear tom hawk, he should know taht there is no where you go in the universe that you can escape this collision, or at worst the big bang. in 1992, the earth missed this disaster by just 9 hours. the world should know that one day, all this life we know will end either with a collision with an astroid, big bag, green house effect, ice meltdown, volcanic eruption, earthquath or the death of our sun itself

*Faints*

One of d numerous ills of "educational brain washing"

AjanleKoko:

@Topic,
Ironic that we black Africans are discussing Hawkings' idea. Strangely, if that were to ever happen, I guess we'd all be stuck here anyway. Africans in Africa, as well as Africans elsewhere.

Or are the diasporeans assuming they would be automatically granted a ticket out of 'hell', simply by virtue of their passports?

It is even more ironic that as a Black African, you clicked on this thread to post meaningless garbage in order to criticise those who post. Or am I missing something?

What exactly is your point?

ElRazur:


It is even more ironic that as a Black African, you clicked on this thread to post meaningless garbage in order to criticise those who post. Or am I missing something? 

What exactly is your point? 

you dont have to be so severely critical or sarcastic all the time. everyone has a right to a point of view whether you agree with it or not.

snowdrops:

you dont have to be so severely critical or sarcastic all the time. everyone has a right to a point of view whether you agree with it or not.

I am forced to ask you too, what are you talking about?


Read his post, then read my reply. I merely cancelled out his logic. 


PS
There appears to be this animosity about those who may be abroad and hence his comments.

Also in fairness, those who are abroad may come across in manner that people back home do not like.

Having said that, I really do not see that animosity and bad-belle in this thread for him to post such garbage.

philip0906:

*Faints*

One of d numerous ills of "educational brain washing"

i am not brain washed. i am a scientist to the core. we are in a world where many are not even aware of the things around us. take 4 instant. if i tell you that when you are standing on the ground, your legs are not actually torching the ground, but you are been levitated like one of those magnetic levitation trains web have in advanced countries. you are been bombarded by radiations and,

ElRazur:


It is even more ironic that as a Black African, you clicked on this thread to post meaningless garbage in order to criticise those who post. Or am I missing something?

What exactly is your point?

Good one Elrazur, That slick jab on the so called diasporans didnt go unnoticed, The poster really sounds bitter lmao.

I quite agree with stephen hawkings on these issue, because the way trends in the world are heading it isnt far fetched, for example the US and Russia has nukes that are capable of destroying the earth over and over again. So if he saying that mankind should start thinking of moving to other planets,I think its a good idea.

STEPHEN HAWKINGS IS RIGHT!!!!!!!!!

HUMANS HV TO LEAVE EARTH 2 SURVIVE, BUT ITS STILL FAR AWAY THOUGH, LIKE 2 TO 3 MILLIONS TIME, IE IF AN ASTEROID/COMET HASNT IMPACTED US YET, OR A NUCLEAR ACCIDENT.OR THE 2ND COMING

IN ABT 50MILLIONS YRS TIME, THE SUN WILL EXPAND AS IT DIES,
ANYWAYS NO NEED, 2 MANY NEANTHERTHALS ON THIS FORUM, , they wudnt understand,

ElRazur:


It is even more ironic that as a Black African, you clicked on this thread to post meaningless garbage in order to criticise those who post. Or am I missing something? 

What exactly is your point? 

shotster50:

Good one Elrazur,  That slick jab on the so called  diasporans didnt go unnoticed,  The poster really sounds bitter lmao.

I needed to modify to also LOL at this one:

ElRazur:

I am forced to ask you too, what are you talking about?


Read his post, then read my reply. I merely cancelled out his logic. 


PS
There appears to be this animosity about those who may be abroad and hence his comments.

Also in fairness, those who are abroad may come across in manner that people back home do not like.

Having said that, I really do not see that animosity and bad-belle in this thread for him to post such garbage.

Logic

remind me of andrew advert on nta. we have no other place but here

We will need to colonize other planets. Humans for the most part know how to use up a planet's resources. We are like ants in many ways. The way we can change the environment around us,

'And who said humans have not done it before' - Eons ago?



INTRODUCTION:

The "Face on Mars" is one of the great modern mysteries about Mars. The "Face" first came to our attention 22 years ago, and debate about what it is has raged ever since. Let's hop in the Wayback Machine and return to 1976.

The Viking spacecraft reached Mars in July of 1976. It had two missions. One was to send a lander down to inspect the surface of Mars. The other was to orbit the red planet, within a 1,000 miles of the surface, and take thousands of pictures to help to determine the best landing site for the Viking 2 spacecraft due to reach Mars in a few weeks.

On July 26, 1976, during Viking 1's thirty-fifth orbit of Mars, a set of photographic images arived at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. One of the photographic frames, taken in the northern desert Cydonia region, showed a mile long, 1,500 mesa that looked like a humanoid face.

NASA has attempted to downplay this image from the start. After showing the JPL press corp a slide of this remarkable image, Viking project scientist Gerald Soffen attempted to explain it away by saying that a picture transmitted a few hours later, of the same region, revealed that the image in the first photo ", was just a trick, just the way the light fell on it."

SEEING IS/ISN'T BELIEVING:

When it comes to the Face on Mars, people tend to believe one of two things. That the "Face" is:

A. A striking pattern of light and shadow cast by hills in the area.

B. A sculpture carved by sentient (intelligent) Martians.

According to author Robert C. Kiviat , "NASA's planetary scientists have maintained over the years that the face is a natural rock formation produced by wind erosion and that the particular lighting angle at which it was photographed created its resemblance to a human face."

A key member in the opposing camp is lead by Richard Hoagland, a former member of the JPL press corps, and the author of "The Monuments of Mars." Hoagland has led a long investigation into the Vking data. He and his team have analyzed different photographic frames, taken at different angles, weeks apart. He claims that he and his researchers have considerable evidence that the "face", as well as some nearby pyramid-shaped objects and other "artifacts," are the work of sentient creatures.

Hoagland first became involved with the Martian face in 1981. He attended a science conference where Vincent DiPietro and Gregory Molennar made a presentation. As Hoagland puts it, "These two computer-imaging experts had obtained data tapes of the face and had enhanced it. Their photographs showed some remarkable, stunning detail that was not at all evident on the raw image."

Hoagland came to agree with Molennar and DiPietro's contention that the faceappeared bilaterally symmetrical. According to Hoagland, he saw that the face ", had features which were humanoid, and it seemed above chance that it also had the right proportion." It was at this point that Hoagland began to consider that the face might have been constructed by intelligent beings. By 1983, Hoagland came to be convinced of the face's intelligent origin, leading to his fifteen year quest to "prove" the face on Mars is proof of intelligent life on Mars, as well as to try to get NASA to a send a photographic mission to Mars with the primary purpose to get new, better shots of the Martian face.

Some people in the science community disagree with the conclusions of Hoagland and his people. According to Michael Carr, the head of the original Viking orbiter imaging team, "Not one person of scientific credibility believes this." As to the existence of Martian pyramids, in close proximity to the face, Carr states that he is not aware of a "single Viking image that has pyramids on it."

While Carr DOES agree that some JPL staff members DID notice the Cydonia mesa's resemblance to a face when that photgraphic image was originally received, he claims that it was published by the lab "only for laughs."

THE TWO FACES OF NASA:

NASA has claimed for years that the "face" on Mars is not a face and doesn't offer proof of intelligent life on Mars. Recently however, following new Mars pictures taken of the Cydonia mesa, NASA claimed that these pictures, which apparently show no face, are "proof" finally that the Martian face never existed. If NASA never believed the mesa was a face, why would they make such a big deal of "proving" the non-existence of something they never believed in the first place. That's like a guy buying land that supposedly has no oil beneath it, then digging a dry hole to "prove" there's no oil. Why bother?

CONCLUSION:

We find it ironic that NASA, who tried really hard to get the world to believe ancient bacteria on a meteorite came from Mars (which is looking more unlikely by the minute), would put so much energy into the notion that intelligent life couldn't/didn't exist on Mars. We thought NASA's mission was to explore space, reporting back to U.S. citizens, WHO PAY FOR ALL THIS THROUGH THEIR TAXES, whatever they find. Wouldn't finding proof of some ancient, Martian civilization be the greatest NASA accomplishment since sending men to the moon. You would think so.

Based on the "proof" currently available, we believe it is difficiult to prove or disprove that the face on Mars is a genuine alien artifact. Until NASA sends a rover or manned team to the Cydonia region where the" face" is, the existence of an alien created face on Mars will remain a mystery.

We believe the American people are interested enough in the answer to this cosmic question to pay the bill. If intelligent, alien life once existed on Mars, the American people, as well as the world at large, deserves to know.

If NASA is ever to live up to the "Star Trek" credo, continuing to travel, ", where no man has gone before," a manned mission to the Cydonia desert region is a good place to start. NASA, make it so!

^^^

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast24may_1/

Hmmm! Thank God I have left Nigeria, the journey of 1000 miles they say starts with a step, so for me, it is the right step in the right direction, the next one now is to leave this planet kia kia.

When they talk about living the planet, what you don't know is that Stephen Hawking urges caucasians to leave earth. Stop and think one second: Do you think that they are going to build space ships for several Billion peoples?. No, there will never going to have enough places available in all the space ships for all of us, so it is for them and only the elite among them. They don't care about us.