I Hope humanity finds a way to explore further out than our solar system. Right now it seems total fiction that we'll ever be able to do it. We can't even get to Mars (manned exploration) and Mars itself is seen as a massive task and would be a huge achievement. I think sending humans to Mars would be done by the end of say 2060s at latest in the longest case scenario. We will literally need to invent a mode of transport and speed currently not known (at least as far as we the common people are aware anyway) to get out further than Mars IMO. It's not acceptable for a spaceflight with humans to last more than 3 or 4 years which with current tech I think it would take to go beyond Mars. <br><br>What gives me hope is our clear speed in developing new tech. The world is so much farther along the curve every 50 years for the past 150 years it's not even barely believable. The rate of change is absurdly fast. Its no wonder conspiracy exists that US government got their hands on alien tech in 20th century. Who knows? The fact we are constantly and still developing at a incredible rate and it seems to be accelerating too. Maybe COVID and ripples of it will slow things down a little, but I fully expect the later 2020s onwards for us to begin rapid movements upward again. I've already heard rumors of cancer might be cured in near future. If so thats a near miracle and will suddenly allow populations in vast numbers to live a full life when previously so many would have been cut short. Amazing. I really hope we don't have our futures destroyed by mad politicians. The future is both scary and exciting for sure.