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Neither will the large-scale colonization of other planets. Sure, we'll build small research outposts, probably some Helium-3 mines on the moon to power fusion reactors back home. But cities on other planets? Hell no. Old sci-fi was wrong. They used to think we'd be on Mars by the year 2000, in reality we even gave up on the moon. The kind of huge engineering we used to envision is way too expensive and pointless. There's nothing on Mars that Earth doesn't have, so why bother? Instead, we're focusing on 'small' technologies like medicine, computers, AI. I don't see us expanding beyond our planet in a major way until these small technologies eliminate the need for those large-scale engineering projects.