The Moon landing in 1969 was a cause for worldwide awe, by the 500th anniversary in 2469 space technologies may be so commonplace and so critical to human society that it will be impossible for anyone alive to fully appreciate the triumph. This article looks at technologies such as space elevators, power satellites, and rotating space settlements--both in their current state of development and their future potential.

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Elevators, Robotics, Satellites, Space, Rockets, Engineers, Probes, Water, NASA, Sunlight, Flow (Dynamics), Gravity (Force), Magnetic fields, Physicists, Radiation (Physics), Spin (Aerodynamics), Spinning (Textile)
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