Quite possibly yes, in 1980 when I was in college there was a book out that envisioned us living in space stations orbiting the earth by 1995. We’ve come along way towards that but not close enough. They also envisioned huge space farms that would be able to produce large amount of food without the reliance on natural weather.
The 2 Biosphere projects although very productive in forwarding the idea found many more questions needed to be answered, and technologies developed, to sustain life outside the atmosphere for significant periods of time.