The Future of Space Colonies: A Glimpse into the Near Future.

Space experts predict that human space exploration will begin with 'technauts' who build 'gateways' near Earth, which will help a small number of human explorers build colonies on the moon and then Mars. The future of human exploration will depend on 'gateways' and autonomous 'ports' in space which will ferry human explorers to Mars and beyond. Asteroid mining, hi-tech orbiters designed by AI, and graphene-enhanced composites will be used to build space habitats. Elon Musk believes that becoming a space-faring civilization will help humanity avoid extinction due to events such as nuclear war.