Call me a pessimist, but I see no reason to expect that our experiments in space will ever lead to a permanent human presence off Earth.
You only say that because you haven’t been with the UT/Flying Castle since the beginning.
I figure if you can think about the plausibility of an action/event, it will eventually take place. Dick Tracy had a wrist radio, back when it was “sci-fi” but we have things that are much more sophisticated today.
Still, I can appreciate your thoughts.
(If you’d like to FReepmail your story to me, I would be honored to read it!)