# Going to Another Planet

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-another-planet/660534>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 9, 2013, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-another-planet/660534 "2013-06-09T08:26:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-another-planet/660534/21 "2013-07-24T21:39:30Z")

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> [@Nihal](#):
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> From memory Stephen Hawking in a popular TV series on cosmology hints at this. But then my memory might have failed in this instance. - Nihal :dubious:

Er, no. What he said was that it would be prudent to get a few of our eggs into a separate basket, just in case. That’s not the same thing as the OP.

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