Abstract

This outline for the book Solar Empire 2100+ explores a transition from our current environmental crisis to a prosperous multi-planet future. The author argues that humanity can avoid a dystopian cycle of climate collapse by moving industry into space, specifically targeting the moon and nearby asteroids for resource extraction. A central theme of the text is a critique of the Kardashev scale, suggesting that truly advanced civilizations might become distributed systems across solar systems rather than energy-hungry “Type I” planets, which explains why they remain difficult to detect. Ultimately, the work serves as a hopeful roadmap for sustainable economic expansion, positing that outer space settlements will provide the necessary resources to ensure human resilience and continued innovation beyond the limits of a closed terrestrial ecosystem

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Chapters, research notes, slides, and infographics covering
astro-archaeology, the Fermi Paradox, and the question:
Are We Alone?

The Outline

Original 2023 Outline and 2026 Supplement

Outline for Solar Empire 2100+ by Michelle Cannon

The original 2023 outline

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astro-archaeology, Telepresence, holo-Teleportation.

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