Futurology

For decades now, we've heard Elon Musk declaiming on how he was going to colonize Mars, the Moon and the asteroids. And, recently, NASA has taken up the same tune, with scientists worldwide declaiming on the lunar "Anthropocene". Human beings will be living throughout the solar system, mining, exploring and making money, hand over fist.

Actually, this is all just a red herring. As we've seen with the absolute failure of Elon Musk's Starship, liquid fueled rockets are far too unstable, expensive and inefficient to do anything much with live humans beyond lower earth orbit. However, in the following article, we can see what's really going on, and, NASA is being rather low-key about it.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/human-remains-are-headed-to-the-moon-despite-objections/

Regarding the future of humanity in space, don't think "Metropolis". Think "Necropolis"! Yes indeed, my friends, human colonization of outer space is more than feasible, it is immediately highly practical, and highly profitable -- human colonization with corpses! And, there's money to be made here. Big, big money. Not just the mere twelve thousand dollars or so for your ashes going to the Moon, either, like with the current mission. Imagine the money the super-billionaires would pay for their intact bodies being sent whole to Mars, or the Moons of Jupiter! Why, they'd spend billions and billions of dollars, they might give over their entire fortunes to setting up Mausoleums for themselves on the far side of the Moon, along with their entire families. Imagine the money Elon Musk might spend to send his body, and the bodies of perhaps a half-dozen or so of his favorite girlfriends on a journey to Proxima Centauri!

My friends this is the future of humanity! This is the future of big business! Human Necropolises for the super-rich in outer space. Quit your jobs, mortgage your houses, invest your life savings, everyone has to get in on the ground floor on this. You can't miss this incredible opportunity! What would Mr. Spock have to say -- "Star Trek, eat your heart out. This is, indeed, the final frontier!"