Space colonization in popular culture

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The notion of space colonization was first used in popular culture around the beginning of the twentieth century. However, the optimism regarding the colonization of other worlds expressed by many science fiction writers over the years is inevitably subverted by new discoveries in astronomy. Regardless of difficulties illuminated by modern science, the notion that human beings can, should, and will someday inhabit other planets is a persistent one among many scientists.

Contents 1 Anime 2 Comic strips 3 Board games 4 Computer and video games 5 Fiction 6 Graphic novels 7 Motion pictures 8 Tabletop games 9 Television series 10 See also

[edit] Anime

• Cowboy Bebop: Colonization of the Moon, Mars, Venus, the Asteroid Belt, and the moons of Jupiter and Saturn
• Kiddy Grade : Vast Galactic expansion with a story about the reliance of planetary trade and policing.
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Artificial colony satellites in the "Earth Sphere", orbiting at the Lagrange Points, and on the Moon; see Space Colony (Gundam) for details
• Planetes: Semi-realistic view of humans in space in the year 2075
• Stellvia of the Universe: Inhabited space stations around several of the planets in the solar system.

[edit] Comic strips

• 21st Century Fox by Scott Kellogg
• Freefall by Mark Stanley; set in an interstellar colony

[edit] Board games

• Battlefleet Mars
• Starfarers of Catan
• Warhammer 40,000 Humans terraform and colonize almost the entire extent of the known Galaxy, besides many more alien races having done so.

[edit] Computer and video games

• Alien Legacy: Beta Caeli star system in the Caelum constellation
• Ascendancy
• Delta Hydra
• Doom 3
• The Descent series: Multiple planets and satellites have mining installations.
• The Escape Velocity series
• The Descent: FreeSpace series.
• The Galactic Civilizations series.
• Halo: Colonized most of Orion's Belt before the 1st Covenant Invasion.
• The I-War series.
• The Marathon Trilogy
• The Master of Orion series.
• Outpost and Outpost 2
• Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (1999): Alpha Centauri star system.
• Star Ocean Series: Milky Way Galaxy
• Starlancer and Freelancer: From the Solar System to Sirius
• The Zone of the Enders Playstation 2 game
• The Metroid series frequently begins on a space colony.
• Killzone takes place during era of planetary colonization.

[edit] Fiction

• The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (1950)
• The Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson (1992, 1993, 1996)
• Coyote: A Novel of Interstellar Revolution by Allen Steele
• Liege-Killer by Christopher Hinz: O'Neill cylinders orbiting Earth
• Colony By Ben Bova
• Colony By Rob Grant
• The Sky So Big and Black (2002): Mars
• 2001: A Space Odyssey and Imperial Earth, among others, by Arthur C. Clarke
• The Heechee Saga by Frederik Pohl.
• Downward to the Earth and Master of Life and Death, among others, by Robert Silverberg.
• C. J. Cherryh's Alliance-Union novels
• Larry Niven's Known Space series
• The Night's Dawn Trilogy and The Commonwealth Saga series By Peter F. Hamilton
• Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein (1950)

[edit] Graphic novels

• Orbiter and Ministry of Space by Warren Ellis
• 2001 Nights by Yukinobu Hoshino
• Planetes by Makoto Yukimura
• Astronauts in Trouble by Larry Young, Charlie Adlard,and Matt Smith

[edit] Motion pictures

• Doom (2005): Mars
• Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964): Astronaut surviving on Mars after crash landing.
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968): Space station orbiting Earth; lunar base; Space craft travelling to Jupiter.
• Silent Running (1972): Space craft orbiting around Saturn
• Alien, Aliens, Alien³, Alien: Resurrection (1979, 1986, 1992, 1997): Colonization of planet infested with aggressive beings.
• Total Recall (1990): Colony and mining operation on Mars.
• Mission to Mars (2000): Space station orbiting Earth; first habitat on Mars
• Red Planet (2000): Mars
• The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002): Moon
• Solaris (1972, 2002): Space station orbiting fictional planet Solaris
• Serenity (2005)

[edit] Tabletop games

• Jovian Chronicles by Dream Pod 9 (1992)
• Transhuman Space by Steve Jackson Games (2002)
• Mutant Chronicles by Target Games (1993)

[edit] Television series

• Star Trek (1966-2005): Colonization of many planets in the Milky Way
• Babylon 5 (1993-1998): around the star Epsilon Eridani
• Firefly (2002)
• Battlestar Galactica (1978 and 2004): Regarding the "12 Colonies", as well as Kobol and Earth
• Earth 2 (1994-1995)
• The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (1986-1989)
• Futurama (1999-2003)

[edit] See also

• Space art