Scientists propose that humans could inhabit floating space colonies in less than 100 years. Would you want to be one of the first?
Ever since gaining the ability to leave earth’s surface and travel to space, humans have dreamed of travelling the stars and colonizing other planets. While this may be a goal for the future, some scientists theorize that the first step ought to be to colonize earth’s orbit. An idea replicated over and over in science fiction, they suggest that humans might inhabit huge colonies of connected space stations and ships, and that we might be able to do so by 2100.
Ever since gaining the ability to leave earth’s surface and travel to space, humans have dreamed of travelling the stars and colonizing other planets. While this may be a goal for the future, some scientists theorize that the first step ought to be to colonize earth’s orbit. An idea replicated over and over in science fiction, they suggest that humans might inhabit huge colonies of connected space stations and ships, and that we might be able to do so by 2100.