Tipping points, and the future they lead to, tend to seem obvious once they are part of history. Space is about to reach one, and it will happen on the Moon. It isn't the only tipping point coming up on us fast, but it's the one we can use to contemplate how the very nature of humanity is about to change. We need to get ready. Within a few decades, we will be one of two things: transformed beings capable of things we can barely conceive of today, or extinct. The more we lean into transformation, the less likely we'll all die. Therefore, let us think deeply and realistically about how this might unfold, and all that will mean.

We'll provide a depiction of an advanced lunar town, set up as a digital world, and also as a set of individual 3d models. Here, the science and technology behind it all is explained.