inTENSE leans into the future-set fiction as good sci-fi does: not to predict a specific scenario, but plausibly and logically to tell a story tied to the present day, about the world, the people, and the things that we see around us now.
Some of the stories in this issue may make you gape in wonder, or raise an eyebrow in skepticism. But the technologies and businesses, creations and trends, and even (many) people inside it are all extrapolations from 2023. The same way "hard" science fiction requires its stories to be technically at least plausible, we do the same with the environment and economics, spacecraft and startups, fashion and food, and even art and – which is finally taking more place in space. You can visit the spaceports, download the investor brochures for the asteroid miners, join NASA's challenges to grow food on the moon, and even sign up for the BetaSpace festival taking place offworld seven years from now.
