Future Space

Space exploration in the medium future will still be mostly done by robot probes as it is now.  Manned exploration will be at a snail's pace.  Colonization of Luna and Mars looks iffy in the medium future.  As the global population ages and shrinks, there will be less incentive, perhaps, for space expansionism.  But I predict there will be outposts, like lighthouses beyond our planet.  The Earth will start to think of itself as a small village in an isolated valley.  Hmmm.