---
title: "Humans could live in ‘space cities’ that orbit Earth by 2100"
description: "Dr Al Globus, a contractor for the Nasa Ames Research Centre in California, says humanity could soon begin to build orbiting space settlements."
date: "2015-03-04"
modified: "2015-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Radu Serban"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/techie1986"
url: "https://futurism.com/humans-could-live-in-space-cities-that-orbit-earth-by-2100"
categories:
  - "Off-World"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "space"
---

# Humans could live in ‘space cities’ that orbit Earth by 2100

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- Dr Globus is a proponent of orbiting colonies, while he adds that others like SpaceX CEO Elon Musk are envisaging a future where humans live on Mars.
- Many designs rely upon a central cylinder around which is a rotating habitat.In the rotating section the force of rotation provides artificial gravity for the inhabitants, letting the move around like they would on Earth.
- But what would that first space settlement look like? Many designs rely upon a central cylinder around which is a rotating habitat. In the rotating section the force of rotation provides artificial gravity for the inhabitants, letting the move around like they would on Earth.