Lem's Spheromachia as a Threat to Space Expansion
In September 2021, the reading world celebrated the centenary of the Polish writer Stanislaw Lem’s birth, who is known not only as one of the greatest science fiction writers of the twentieth century, but also as a futurist, many of whose predictions come true. In Poland, this year is proclaimed the year of Stanislaw Lem. In his work, he often turned to the prospects for the development of space technologies, pointing out, among other things, the threats that arise during the militarization of cosmonautics. Among such threats, he saw the emergence of spheromachy - an automated battle space that will cover the entire planet and the nearest orbits, after which it can become an obstacle to the development of civilization.