Space advocacy

[7] Starting in the 1930s, these groups began to share their plans for a future in space to their respective governments and the public.

[8] Influential books and other media began to emerge which included works containing illustrations by Chesley Bonestell (based on Wernher von Braun's designs) such as The Conquest of Space (1949) and magazine articles including the "Man Will Conquer Space Soon!"

[14] Advocates of this issue see the need for inclusive[15] and democratic participation and implementation of any space exploration, infrastructure or habitation.

[16] Questioning the decision making of and reasons for any colonial space policy, labour[17] and land exploitation with postcolonial critique.

Private[18] and state funded advocacy for space colonization, specifically the rationales and politico-legal regimes[19] behind space exploration, like the "New Frontier" slogan, have been criticized for applying settler colonialism and the manifest destiny ideology, perpetuating imperialism and the narrative of colonial exploration as fundamental to the assumed human nature.

[12] For example arguments for space as a solution to global problems like pollution and related narratives of survival are considered imperialist by Joon Yun.