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Will the 2030s bring a lunar colony era? Radiation and low gravity are key variables
Private space companies are increasingly setting lunar habitation as a realistic goal, but human and environmental risks that could block long-term stays are also coming into focus. A Voyager Technologies executive expects people to reach the moon in the late 2020s and for early 2030s living and work to become possible with life-support bases. Investment in low Earth orbit is rising and space data centres are being discussed, while radiation and low gravity are highlighted as key threats requiring exercise, nutrition and shielding.
