The survival of the human race depends on space travel, says Stephen Hawking

Professor Stephen Hawking was speaking at London's Science Museum

He said space travel is vital to the future and survival of the human race

And he believes aggression should be replaced by empathy to avoid war

The 73-year-old warned a major nuclear war would 'be the end of civilisation, and maybe the end of the human race'

It follows previous comments in which he also listed artificial intelligence as an existential threat

Professor Stephen Hawking believes the future of the human race depends on our abilities to explore space.

During a tour of London's Science Museum, the 73-year-old said that landing on the moon gave us new perspectives of life on Earth, and this outlook must develop if we are to survive.

He also said aggression should be weeded out of the human race and replaced by empathy to avoid a major nuclear war ending civilisation as we know it. 

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Professor Hawking (file photo shown) was speaking at London's Science Museum. He said space travel is vital to the future of the human race. And he also said aggression should be replaced by empathy. 'A major nuclear war would be the end of civilisation, and maybe the end of the human race,' he said

SourceL the Mail