Today, humanity is at the start of the next stage in the transformation of space. Space is changing from every point of view: culturally, ideologically, technically and in its media portrayal. More and more people and satellites are being launched into space, and unique medical experiments are being carried out in orbit. The influence of private investment is growing and more and more start-ups are appearing, with activities ranging from asteroid research to removing space junk from orbit. Space is becoming multi-dimensional, with many parties involved, and is much closer to all of us than it might seem.
There was another important reason for us to talk about space: 12 April 2021 marked sixty years since Yuri Gagarin became the first human being in space. Since then, space hasn’t become closer to us in the way its pioneers dreamed. But is has got more interesting — and this is what we talked about.