Fact v fiction is one of the truly hard problems of our time. And its only going to get harder as deepfake videos and audio get better.
I get a lot of my tech news from Singularity Hub - here's their article from a couple of weeks ago on space elevators and the tech changes that might enable them What Would It Take to Build a Tower as High as Outer Space?
But wherever you get your tech / futurist news - its definitely the case that the world is changing superfast and we all need to be involved in critically thinking about whats coming - and whether its something we want or not.
I also hope I get to see us colonise Mars - and firmly believe I will :-)