Top Ten Trends

The Top Ten Space Trends for the 21st Century

1. Many innovations will be developed by space enterprises that will accelerate the establishment of a global space market.
2. New energy sources developed to navigate space will accelerate the exploration of our galaxy enabling us to explore deep space.
3. Miniaturized cost effective spacecraft will explore the stars long before humans are capable of venturing out into deep space.
4. Space mining will yield new resources, elements, and materials that will enhance the quality of life on our planet.
5. Robonauts, robot astronauts, will stretch our imaginations with fantastic information from their space adventures and be our new heroes.
6. Humans will learn to leave their home planet of Earth, terraform faraway planets, and colonize space.
7. Extremely valuable space assets, from materials and drugs to minerals and innovations, will create a space race among global companies.
8. First contact with alien life through the identification of life supporting planets may come closer to becoming a possibility.
9. Space discoveries will have a profound impact on the advancement of human science, medicine, education, entertainment, and culture.
10. The exploration of space will spark a new "big picture" understanding of human evolution and human destiny as we reach out into the galaxy.