Dan Malouf shares a collection of still images taken from the four-minute film Wanderers showing "what human civilization might look like with colonies on Mars, in the asteroid belt, and on the moons of Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus."
The highly recommended film, which you can watch below, is "based on real scientific ideas about what a spacegoing civilization would likely look like given foreseeable future technology." For instance there is Titan, moon of Saturn. "Titan is larger than the planet Mercury, has rivers and oceans of liquid methane, and an atmosphere thicker than Earth's. Its combination of thick atmosphere and low gravity would make it possible for humans to fly using nothing but strapped-on wings," writes Malouf.
In addition to providing the backstory on some of the stunning images created by Swedish artist Eric Wernquist for the film, Malouf also explains the film's relevance for those of us inspired by the idea of creating new technology for human civilization. In describing the "space elevators" imagined by the film, Malouf writes: "They're exactly the sort of revolutionary transportation system that could completely change how humanity organizes itself. Prosperous port cities would be sure to form at the base of any elevators ever built, like futuristic New Yorks at the mouth of a celestial Hudson River."
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