# Space Colonization

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Category: Future
Slides: 15
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:17:57.033Z
Tags: future, space, colonization

## Summary

From Artemis crews on the lunar south pole to the gigascale fantasies of Dyson swarms — a sober tour of what we might do beyond the atmosphere, and what we will probably never do. Forecasts to 2050. Scenarios to 2100. Speculation beyond. Key sections include: Off-world. The next century of leaving Earth.; Three time horizons; Why getting anywhere is hard; Who is going, and when; The Moon as base camp; The next world we might break a leg on; Built worlds in free space; Could we make Mars Earth-like?; The trillion-dollar rock myth; What fraction survives the filter?.

## Slide Outline

1. Off-world. The next century of leaving Earth.
2. Three time horizons
3. Why getting anywhere is hard
4. Who is going, and when
5. The Moon as base camp
6. The next world we might break a leg on
7. Built worlds in free space
8. Could we make Mars Earth-like?
9. The trillion-dollar rock myth
10. What fraction survives the filter?
11. Who is shaping the discourse
12. Ethics, law, and reality checks
13. Kardashev & Dyson — the speculative ladder
14. If you have an afternoon
15. What to watch · 2026–2030

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