The youth of our society have been urged to 'prepare' for what could be next when it comes to space travel.
Globally-recognised annual event World Space Week commenced over the weekend - lasting until October 10 - and this year's celebration puts 'living in space' under the microscope.
To mark the occasion, Dennis Stone, who works as World Space Week's association president, has made some fantastical predictions about what's just around the corner on a celestial-human level.
"Ten people live in space today, but this number will grow," he stated on the website, referring to the residents of China's Tiangong Space Station and the International Space Station.
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Elon Musk has previously spoken about the importance of colonising the red planet Mars, and Stone believes that as research into microgravity progresses (among other things), that will certainly be a reachable reality.
"With new space stations and increasing benefits from research in microgravity, the population in orbit will keep rising, and eventually people will live and work on the Moon and Mars," he added.
"World Space Week 2025 will help the public learn about why people go to space and encourage youth to prepare for exciting space opportunities ahead."
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NASA may have just revealed significant new evidence illustrating potential signs of life on Mars, yet Space Weather News founder Ben Davidson has made a hair-raising prediction about a mass extinction on our own soil.
Speaking on the Matt Beall Limitless podcast about tsunamis, climate change and total human wipeout, Davidson predicted an imminent event known as a 'micronova'.
Apparently, this is on its way thanks to a rapid magnetic pole shift.
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A 'micronova' is a sudden solar explosion, and the expert insists his theory is 'bulletproof' due to being based on the geomagnetic cycle.
"This is a near extinction-level event, and we are in the middle of it right now!" he told Beall.
It is a cycle that occurs roughly every 6,000 years, but not only that, a way more severe event happens once every 12,000 years, but Davidson claimed we're not in the middle of that one.
He also mentioned how Earth's magnetic field has weakened by up to 15 percent since the 1800s, with auroras previously considered a rarity at low latitudes.
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They are now appearing on a much more frequent basis - some '15 to 20' times in just a few years.
"We've probably seen 15 to 20 of these events. So, we've gone from one to three every decade to more than 10 in just a couple of years.
"What the sun is throwing at Earth to trigger those lower latitude auroras is far smaller than what it used to take as we look back into the past," continued Davidson.
He believes this is a sign that the magnetic shield is failing.
Topics: Space, International Space Station, Technology, Community, Science
Dan Seddon