FEATURE SPACE EXPLORATION
SPACE
EXPLORATION:
THE NEXT
50 YEARS
SINCE APOLLO 11, WE’VE
LANDED ROBOTS ON MARS,
BUILT A BASE IN ORBIT
AROUND THE EARTH, AND
SENT PROBES BEYOND OUR
SOLAR SYSTEM. HERE, SCI-FI
AUTHOR STEPHEN BAXTER
SPECULATES ABOUT WHAT
MIGHT BE ACHIEVED IN THE
NEXT FIVE DECADES, WITH
ILLUSTRATIONS BY SCI-FI
ARTIST MITCHELL STUART