A new memorandum has firmed up China and Russia's intent to lead the construction of a new lunar base to be completed by 2036, as NASA talks about scaling back its own lunar ambitions.
I mean, we can’t even see the landers. But, in all reality, unless the human race backslides due to current global politics (very likely), it’s reasonable to believe that we will have permanent habitats on the moon in the next hundred years or so. Permanent habitats there would be the stepping stone to Mars. Skipping the moon doesn’t make any sense.
Absent backsliding when it comes to technological advancement (again, very likely right now) or hitting a ‘great filter’ event, the human race will exceed the resources provided on this planet and will develop the technology to travel the stars.
On the timeframe of thousands of years, or millions, or compared to lifetime of the Sun and Earth itself and the ability for life to continue to grow on Earth… these immense scales of time… life will— find a way.
I mean, we can’t even see the landers. But, in all reality, unless the human race backslides due to current global politics (very likely), it’s reasonable to believe that we will have permanent habitats on the moon in the next hundred years or so. Permanent habitats there would be the stepping stone to Mars. Skipping the moon doesn’t make any sense.
Well there isn’t much reason to go to Mars either.
Absent backsliding when it comes to technological advancement (again, very likely right now) or hitting a ‘great filter’ event, the human race will exceed the resources provided on this planet and will develop the technology to travel the stars.
On the timeframe of thousands of years, or millions, or compared to lifetime of the Sun and Earth itself and the ability for life to continue to grow on Earth… these immense scales of time… life will— find a way.