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This is what the space colonies of the near future might look like, according to experts

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From Interstellar to the Martian, human space exploration has been a key feature in science fiction blockbusters throughout the years. 

But what will human colonies in space look like in reality?  

Space experts claim human space exploration will begin with ‘technauts’ who build ‘gateways’ near Earth. 

These will help a small number of human explorers build colonies on the moon and then Mars, they say. 

To envision what these could look like, DailyMail.com used the popular AI art generator Midjourney

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Meet the American who first planted apples in the colonies: William Blaxton, eccentric settler

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This fall, tip your basket to William Blaxton when you pluck a plump apple from a tree, bob for apples on Halloween or cherish your grandmother’s amazing apple pie on Thanksgiving.

Reverend Blaxton, among other claims to fame, planted the first seeds that would fuel a pioneering nation and give apples an image of all-American wholesomeness.  

A bookish, eccentric loner, the early English settler nurtured what historians believe were the first apple orchards in what’s now the U.S. in present-day

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