Stephen Hawking Speaks Out On Space Exploration, Time Travel

space.com ^ | 09/12/10 | Mike Wall

[KevinDavis]

Humans must continue exploring space, if only for the romance of it, and time travel should be possible, but engineers will have to figure out a way to warp space-time to be sure, famed physicist Stephen Hawking says.

[KevinDavis]

[org.whodat]

Time travel is possible it, takes me about sixty minutes to travel sixty miles.

[KevinDavis]

Not me...

[sinanju]

I’ve got no problem with this advice, but I say, Dr. Hawking seems to be chasing the limelight as of late.

Is he going to be taking up a child-rearing advice column in the near future?

Dancing with the stars?

Hollywood squares?

[TigerClaws]

Despite the media hype, Hawking is NOT highly regarded within the scientific community. His major theories have been disproven. But it makes for a good story with the computer voice and all.

Hawking’s legacy in doubt:

http://www.openculture.com/2007/03/has_stephen_haw.html

[Nosterrex]

As much as I disagree with Hawkings over the existence of an Atheistic cosmos, I cannot help but have a profound pity for him. His physical condition is pitiful. I cannot imagine that anyone would want to trade places with him.

[television is just wrong]

According to David Icke, they are already here controlling us.

[Delta 21]

"HELLO Mr. Computer?"

[Liberty1970]

Trolling for gullible followers, eh Stephen? Sigh.

[Jim W N]

engineers will have to figure out a way to warp space-time to be sure

Hey Stephen, its OK, Jesus has already done that. No need to attempt the impossible in the short time we have left because Jesus has already made all the arrangements. He'll be here soon to take those that are His out of here. Just receive Him and you'll be saved and safe - by grace, not by science.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Warp space-time? We’ve been promised flying cars for 60 years.

[jrg]

Of course time travel is possible, if you define "travel" as the ability to look into the past.

We do this everytime we look out into space at other stars and galaxies. What we are seeing, depending on what we are looking at, is what happened a few minutes ago, or a million years ago.

[NotThere]

www.terrafugia.com

[LiteKeeper]

Hawking may be one of the most intelligent “guessers” of all time. It is almost as if “Theoretical Physics” for him is “Imagination Station”

[buccaneer81]

“Ah. A keyboard. How quaint.”

[Brilliant]

I am traveling thru time. At about 60 minutes per hour.

[Brilliant]

Yeah... Hawkings’ brand of science is only loosely based on scientific evidence.

[CaptainMorgantown]

Time travel is soooooo yesterday.

[eclecticEel]

Dr. Hawking seems to be chasing the limelight as of late.

As of late? He's always been that way.