The Royal Society's horizon-scanning report anticipates a transformative era in space exploration, with nations and companies developing moon bases, orbiting factories, and advancing clean energy technology. While this new era promises significant technological and economic opportunities comparable to the Industrial Revolution, the report warns that countries like Britain risk falling behind due to a lack of strategic planning. The Space: 2075 report encourages discussions among governments, businesses, and the public to prepare for the potential of space science and technology developments over the next 50 years.
"Future advances in reusable rockets and spaceplanes may pave the way for factories that make products feasible only in microgravity and larger-scale facilities for constructing spacecraft that could never launch from Earth."
"The implications are as consequential to today's industry, society and culture as the Industrial Revolution was in the 18th century," the authors write.
"We're not trying to predict the future, but these are the sorts of things that could happen," said Sir Martin Sweeting, the report's co-chair.
"How space exploration can improve life on Earth" aims to kickstart discussions on the possibilities and consequences of space science and technology over the next 50 years.
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