Future of mankind

What do you think will happen? I think space settlement seems pretty interesting, though I can't really decide on its likelihood. Space settlement, it seems to me, would also cause humanity to branch off into separate species, since the requirements for life in space are different than on Earth.

With growing population and technology, the future's pretty much open for anything, assuming we don't blow ourselves up too soon.

http://future.wikia.org/ is a nice site on this.

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The moon does have Helium-3 which can be used for fusion. 

I think we'll have a permanent base on the moon within 25 years and possibly Mars within 75 years. 

I don't expect alien contact for another 250+ years. 

If an alien civilization does exist, I don't think it's into conquest.  Any species past Class I with enough warlikeness to conquer another planet is probably going to destroy itself in short order.