{"id":49942,"date":"2025-07-11T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=49942"},"modified":"2025-07-10T18:32:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T09:32:23","slug":"gundam-series-original-creator-says-humans-will-never-be-able-to-live-in-space-after-exploring-the-idea-of-space-colonies-for-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/gundam-series-original-creator-says-humans-will-never-be-able-to-live-in-space-after-exploring-the-idea-of-space-colonies-for-20-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Gundam series original creator says \u201chumans will never be able to live in space\u201d after exploring the idea of space colonies for 20 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yoshiyuki Tomino, the original creator of Mobile Suit Gundam, recently made a guest appearance at SPACETIDE 2025, a commercial space conference that took place this week in Tokyo. As reported by The Sankei Shimbun<\/a>, Tomino participated in a joint discussion panel with renowned JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) professor Yoshifumi Inatani. The two delved into many space-related topics, including  \u201cspace colonies,\u201d one of the major themes Tomino covered in the Gundam series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, despite it being a concept he\u2019s explored his work, Tomino expressed a pessimistic opinion on the matter, stating that \u201chumans will never be able to live in space.\u201d Apparently, this thought has been on his mind ever since creating the original Gundam concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAll the simpletons saying \u2018Let\u2019s immigrate to Mars\u2019 have no idea how cruel outer space actually is. They\u2019re just a bunch of people who don\u2019t have the power to even fathom the distance between [us] and space.\u201d He continues, \u201cIf you flew a rocket to Mars, what are you gonna do about fuel when the time comes to return [to Earth]? All of the people who say, \u2018Let\u2019s send humans to Mars\u2019 without considering the fact that there are no supply bases there are a bunch of amateurs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mobile Suit Gundam depicts a world in which humans immigrated to manmade space colonies due to overpopulation on Earth, and almost all mainline entries in the series depict these settlements. Apparently, Tomino spent over twenty years trying to think of how the people in Gundam could realistically realize immigration into space, and his final conclusion was \u2013 they can\u2019t. \u201cI never had a chance to openly say this when I was working on Gundam.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the other hand, Tomino emphasized that Japan\u2019s space expansion should be focusing on space travel instead. \u201cI believe that in the next 10 years, Japan should work on enabling people to do sightseeing tours in the low Earth orbit. Politicians, military personnel, religious figures and scientists should also be taken to low Earth orbit to see the Earth from there, not just tourists. \u201cI\u2019m sure that their view of the world would change,\u201d he said. \u201cI also want the children to be able to experience this, but for that. we\u2019ll need to make rockets that are foolproof.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related articles: Gundam series original creator teases new work with unexpected twist, because \u201cpeople don\u2019t think anymore\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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