Burial orbit

In the second half of the 20th century, scientific and technological progress shaped visions of space exploration and contact with extraterrestrial civilizations. These expectations were reflected in mass culture and science fiction.Over time, the focus shifted: technology came to be seen as a source of threat. Cultural imagination increasingly turned to dystopian scenarios and critiques of progress. Today, former utopias have lost their relevance. Space has become a symbol of the unattainable. The idea of the future is often replaced by a sense of uncertainty and exhaustion.