Niko LaamanenFounder, Publisher at Konsensus Network

The #Future of Space #Exploration: #Colonizing #Mars and Living in #Space, #fiction #storytelling

22 Mar 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief excerpt from a YouTube video, two speakers discuss a speculative near‑future scenario where humanity has begun colonizing Mars. The narrative is set only a few decades ahead, extrapolating current space‑technology trends. Mars is portrayed as having multiple colonies spread across different sites, and the broader vision includes many people living in space. The speakers emphasize that the story aims to work on several levels—technological, societal, and imaginative—by grounding the fiction in observable present‑day developments.

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So you said there's a, you know, colonization of Mars and a, um, you know, many people living in space.
The world itself, uh, it's, um, pretty much a near future setup. We're only looking a couple of decades ahead from where we are now, and it's, uh, an extrapolation of what we are seeing now. At least that's what I'm trying to do. And, um, In my head, and I hope also on, on the page, uh, it works on various different levels because Mars is colonized in a couple of different spots.