{"id":50296,"date":"2025-09-08T05:24:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T05:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/50296\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T05:24:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T05:24:16","slug":"will-the-future-of-work-for-gen-z-include-space-tech-leaders-predict-space-work-and-travel-could-be-just-a-decade-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/50296\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the future of work for Gen Z include space? Tech leaders predict space work and travel could be just a decade away"},"content":{"rendered":"

Young people are getting the short end of the stick<\/a> when it comes to the AI revolution, and there\u2019s no sign of it slowing. A Stanford University study<\/a> released earlier this month found AI is having a \u201csignificant and disproportionate impact\u201d on entry-level workers in the U.S., raising fresh concerns about how the next generation will find its footing in the labor market.<\/p>\n

But for those worried about what the future of work will look like, young professionals may need to look bigger\u2014and even toward the sky. That\u2019s because the same technology that may be disrupting traditional jobs could accelerate entirely new industries from space tourism<\/a> to planet colonization<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a future that many billionaires, including Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos are not just embracing but also enabling through their innovation: The most secure\u2014and lucrative\u2014jobs of tomorrow may not be on Earth at all.<\/p>\n

Sam Altman: The class of 2035 will be exploring the solar system<\/p>\n

Sam Altman<\/a> is known for being CEO of OpenAI (the company behind ChatGPT), but he\u2019s also joining the growing list of billionaires who are bullish about life in space. In fact, he said he believes young people a decade from now may be leaving behind career prospects on Earth in favor of the broader solar system.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2035, that graduating college student, if they still go to college at all, could very well be leaving on a mission to explore the solar system on a spaceship in some completely new, exciting, super well-paid, super interesting job,\u201d Altman said to video journalist Cleo Abram<\/a> in August.<\/p>\n

These jobs will not only enable Gen Alpha graduates to reel in sky-high salaries, but they\u2019ll also be \u201cfeeling so bad for you and I that we had to do this really boring, old work and everything is just better.\u201d<\/p>\n

And while his predictions are bold, AI\u2019s rapid development is increasing the speed of innovation and will help solve some of society\u2019s biggest problems, including, he implies, how to sustain life in space.<\/p>\n

Elon Musk: Humans on Mars as soon as 2028<\/p>\n

Elon Musk, Tesla<\/a> CEO and the richest man on the planet, has single-handedly been one of most influential leaders in pushing for 21st-century space. After all, he\u2019s the cofounder and CEO of $400 billion<\/a> SpaceX<\/a>, which has worked hand in hand with NASA to advance space exploration.<\/p>\n

SpaceX has had its fair share of setbacks, including just this week when a Mars test rocket was delayed<\/a>. However, Musk is hopeful unmanned Mars rockets will commence as soon as next year, with the first crewed flight in 2028.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to die on Mars, just not on impact,\u201d Musk said<\/a> in 2013.<\/p>\n

Jeff Bezos: Space will be bigger than packages<\/p>\n

Jeff Bezos started Amazon<\/a> in his garage as an idea for an online bookstore. Over three decades, he built it into a $2.4-trillion-plus e-commerce and data service empire, and it helped lead his net worth to about $250 billion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, he expects his space technology company, Blue Origin<\/a>, to eventually make him even more.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s going to be the best business that I\u2019ve ever been involved in, but it\u2019s going to take a while,\u201d he said at the New York Times\u2019 DealBook Summit<\/a> late last year.<\/p>\n

As a 61-year-old, that at least indicates space travel will be a mainstream reality in his lifetime. The company\u2019s mission is focused on \u201ca future where millions of people will live and work in space with a single-minded purpose: to restore and sustain Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n

The company is most known today for space tourism. Earlier this year, a Blue Origin rocket sent<\/a> Bezos\u2019s now-wife, Lauren Sanchez<\/a>, as well as singer Katy Perry<\/a> and journalist Gayle King to the edge of Earth\u2019s atmosphere.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bill Gates: I\u2019m sticking to planet Earth<\/p>\n

Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates has a starkly different view when it comes to investing in traveling to other planets.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpace? We have a lot to do here on Earth,\u201d he said in an interview<\/a> with comedian James Corden in 2021.<\/p>\n

When Gates was specifically asked about traveling to Earth\u2019s neighbor, he said it might not be worth the money: \u201cIt\u2019s actually quite expensive to go to Mars,\u201d he told BBC<\/a> in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Instead, he\u2019d much rather spend his money on his philanthropic causes<\/a> like improving global health.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cYou can buy measles vaccines and save lives for a thousand dollars per life saved,\u201d he said. \u201cIt just kind of grounds you. Don\u2019t go to Mars.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fortune Global Forum<\/strong> returns Oct. 26\u201327, 2025 in Riyadh. CEOs and global leaders will gather for a dynamic, invitation-only event shaping the future of business. Apply for an invitation.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Young people are getting the short end of the stick when it comes to the AI revolution, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[270],"tags":[37072,2788,18,1647,300,19,17,9791,227,308,133,451,1224,37073,37074],"class_list":{"0":"post-50296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-billionaires","9":"tag-careers","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-elon-musk","12":"tag-gen-z","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-jeff-bezos","16":"tag-jobs","17":"tag-sam-altman","18":"tag-science","19":"tag-space","20":"tag-space-exploration","21":"tag-space-tourism","22":"tag-space-travel"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}