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Stephen Hawking Renews Call to Colonize Space -- Media Files (Sound and Photo)

April 22, 2008
By Jason Bardi
ISNS Contributor

PHOTO

Stephen Hawking and his daughter Lucy
Stephen Hawking and his daughter Lucy spoke at George Washington University on April 21, 2008.

Photo credit: Jason Bardi/AIP

 

SOUND CLIPS

These sound clips from Hawking's speech are mp3 files.

"People might well have argued that it was a waste of money to send Columbus on a wild goose chase."

"The moon and Mars are the most suitable sites for colonization in the solar system."

"What about beyond the solar system..."

Jason Socrates Bardi is a senior science writer for the Inside Science News Service.

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