The Future of Space Flight #SpaceSautrday

What is the reality of the near-future of space travel? The rocket dreams of the twentieth century needed budgets only available to superpowers. Times change. Smaller countries, private companies, and even some individuals see the stars as within their reach. What does that portend about the future of space travel? Here’s more from the UK Science Museum:

The next step will be the deployment in space of robotic fabricators, which can build large structures – for instance, giant successors to the James Web Space Telescope, with huge gossamer-thin mirrors assembled under zero gravity. These will further enhance our imaging of exoplanets and the wider cosmos.

The practical case for human spaceflight gets ever weaker with each advance in robots and miniaturization. Astronauts need far more ‘maintenance’ than robots, simply because their activities require air, water, food, living space, and protection against harmful radiation.

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