We need to broaden our sympathies both in space and time - and perceive ourselves as part of a long heritage, and… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Space and time may have a structure as intricate as the fauna of a rich ecosystem, but on a scale far larger… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
I hope that by 2050 the entire solar system will have been explored and mapped by flotillas of tiny robotic craft. — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
All space projects push the frontiers of technology and are drivers of innovation. — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
To most people in the UK, indeed throughout Western Europe, space exploration is primarily perceived as 'what NASA does'. This perception is… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Manned spaceflight has lost its glamour - understandably so, because it hardly seems inspiring, 40 years after Apollo, for astronauts merely to… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
The practical case for manned spacef light gets ever-weaker with each advance in robots and miniaturisation - indeed, as a scientist or… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
I recall a lecture by John Glenn, the first American to go into orbit. When asked what went through his mind while… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Maybe the search for life shouldn't restrict attention to planets like Earth. Science fiction writers have other ideas: balloon-like creatures floating in… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
The next humans to walk on the moon may be Chinese. Only China seems to have the resources, the dirigiste government, and… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
The bedrock nature of space and time and the unification of cosmos and quantum are surely among science's great 'open frontiers.' These… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Ironically, it is only when disaster strikes that the shuttle makes the headlines. Its routine flights attracted less media interest than unmanned… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Once the threshold is crossed when there is a self-sustaining level of life in space, then life's long-range future will be secure… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
There are strong reasons for believing that space goes on beyond the limits of our observational horizon. There are strong reasons because… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
If we do find ET, we will at least have something in common with them. They may live on planet Zog and… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
The images of Earth's delicate biosphere, contrasting with the sterile moonscape where the astronauts left their footsteps, have become iconic for environmentalists:… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
To most people in the U.K., indeed throughout Western Europe, space exploration is primarily perceived as 'what NASA does'. This perception is… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
A monkey is unaware that atoms exist. Likewise, our brainpower may not stretch to the deepest aspects of reality. The bedrock nature… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Most theorists suspect that space has an intricate structure - that it is 'grainy' - but that this structure is on a… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Not even the most secular among us can fail to be uplifted by Christianity's architectural legacy - the great cathedrals. These immense… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
It is foolish to claim, as some do, that emigration into space offers a long-term escape from Earth's problems. Nowhere in our… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Space doesn't offer an escape from Earth's problems. And even with nuclear fuel, the transit time to nearby stars exceeds a human… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
The first arrival of earthly life on another celestial body ranks as an epochal event not only for our generation, but in… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Perhaps future space probes will be plastered in commercial logos, just as Formula One cars are now. Perhaps Robot Wars in space… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
If we ever establish contact with intelligent aliens living on a planet around a distant star ... They would be made of… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
It would be sad if the expertise built up during the 40 years of the U.S. and Russian manned programmes were allowed… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
The first voyagers to the stars will be creatures whose life cycle is matched to the voyage: the aeons involved in traversing… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Darwin and his successors taught us how our biosphere evolved, and thereby transformed our conception of humanity's place in nature. In the… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
A monkey is unaware that atoms exist. Likewise, our brainpower may not stretch to the deepest aspects of reality. The bedrock nature of space… — Martin Rees Copy Share
When scientists are asked what they are working on, their response is seldom 'Finding the origin of the universe' or 'Seeking to cure cancer.'… — Martin Rees Copy Share
“The Sun contains about a thousand times more mass than Jupiter. If it were cold, gravity would squeeze it a million times denser than… — Martin Rees Copy Share
“We, and the visible universe around us, may exist only because of a difference in the ninth decimal place between the numbers of quarks… — Martin Rees Copy Share
Crucial to science education is hands-on involvement: showing, not just telling; real experiments and field trips and not just 'virtual reality.' — Martin Rees Copy Share
I have no religious belief myself, but I don't think we should fight about it. In particular, I think that we should not rubbish… — Martin Rees Copy Share
“More energy is needed to rise a millimetre above a neutron star's surface than to break completely free of Earth's gravity. A pen dropped… — Martin Rees Copy Share
The next humans to walk on the moon may be Chinese. Only China seems to have the resources, the dirigiste government, and the willingness… — Martin Rees Copy Share
If we ever established contact with intelligent life on another world, there would be barriers to communication. First, they would be many light years… — Martin Rees Copy Share
There is an ever-widening gap between what science allows and what we should actually do. There are many doors science can open that should… — Martin Rees Copy Share
An insect is more complex than a star..and is a far greater challenge to understand. — Martin Rees Copy Share
The physicist is like someone who's watching people playing chess and, after watching a few games, he may have worked out what the moves… — Martin Rees Copy Share
We are 'nuclear waste' from the fuel that makes stars shine; indeed, each of us contains atoms whose provenance can be traced back to… — Martin Rees Copy Share
Just as there are many Jews who keep the Friday ritual in their home despite describing themselves as atheists, I am a 'tribal Christian,'… — Martin Rees Copy Share
