The Future of Humanity in Space

Now could be an unusually influential time for humanity's future in space. Different actors unilaterally competing to land the first people on mars or build the first permanent structures on the moon could cement unco operative norms around exploring space that persist long into the future. But simply trying to delay potentially risky moves in space probably isn't the only strategy, and sometimes it might even be a bad one. As with the development of artificial intelligence, serious delays sometimes require an infeasible amount of multilateral agreement. If different groups rush to independently settle beyond earth in a relatively ungoverned way, it could be far more difficult to get humanity wide agreement. The point at which such settlements become self ning is