2030-2039 timeline contents
2030-2033
• NASA's Europa Clipper mission searches for life |
2030
• Global warming continues to increase |
• China's nuclear stockpile exceeds 1,000 |
• China's Long March 9 rocket begins lunar missions |
• The 6G standard is released |
• Smart grid technology is widespread in developed nations |
• Coal power is phased out by Germany |
• An interstellar message arrives at Luyten's Star |
• FIFA World Cup 2030 |
• AI-designed antibiotics are available on prescription |
• Depression is the number one global disease burden |
• Child mortality is approaching 2% globally |
• The Muslim population has increased significantly |
• Orbital space junk is becoming a major problem for space flight |
• The UK space industry has quadrupled in size |
• The Lockheed Martin SR-72 enters service |
• Half of America's shopping malls have closed |
• The metaverse has reached $5 trillion in size |
• 8K VR headsets are common |
• 100 terabyte HDDs reach consumer level |
• Completion of Saudi Vision 2030 |
• The entire ocean floor is mapped |
• High-speed rail begins in California |
2031-2045
• Cargo Sous Terrain becomes operational in Switzerland |
2031-2035
• Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) explores the Jovian system |
2031
• Generative AI is a trillion-dollar market |
• The International Space Station is deorbited |
• DAVINCI+ lands on Venus |
• Completion of a Morocco-UK undersea power cable |
• India has begun phasing out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) |
• Much of Bangkok is being abandoned due to flooding |
• Global reserves of lead are running out |
• Perennial wheat and corn are becoming profitable |
• Web 4.0 is transforming the Internet landscape |
• Stem cell pharmacies are commonplace |
• Married couples are a minority in the UK |
• Chocolate is becoming a rare luxury |
2032-2037
• A transition from ICE to battery-electric shipping |
2032-2033
• Heavy cargo deployments to the lunar surface |
2032
• End of support date for Windows 10 |
• Brisbane hosts the Summer Olympic Games |
• The Strait of Messina Bridge is completed |
• The majority of UK homes are rented |
• Britain's ash trees have been wiped out by a fungal disease |
• Leatherback sea turtles are on the verge of extinction |
• China's space station is deorbited |
• One-third of Saudi Arabia's electricity comes from solar |
• Britain upgrades its nuclear-armed submarine fleet |
• Transit of Mercury |
2033-2035
• Quantum computers are cracking RSA-2048 keys |
2033
• Crewed mission to Phobos |
• Peak phosphorus is reached |
• Hypersonic airliners are entering service |
• The final phase of Britain's HS2 rail link is completed |
• Lung disease in China has killed over 80 million by now |
• Five-year survival rates for kidney cancer are approaching 100% |
• The Hoover Dam is offline due to low water levels |
• The first samples from Mars are returned to Earth |
2034-2044
• Ectogenesis is transforming reproductive rights |
2034
• Start of Research Operation (SRO) for the ITER experimental fusion reactor |
• Service robots number a billion worldwide |
• NASA's Dragonfly spacecraft lands on Titan |
• The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is launched |
• EnVision makes orbital insertion at Venus |
• MBR Explorer lands on asteroid 269 Justitia |
• Saudi Arabia hosts the FIFA World Cup |
• Australia has fully decarbonised its electricity supply |
• Switzerland phases out nuclear energy |
• Caribbean coral reefs are in danger of being wiped out |
• Coastal erosion has destroyed hundreds of UK homes |
• A major supermoon occurs |
2035-2085
• The Einstein Telescope is operational |
2035-2075
• The Very Large Hadron Collider is operational |
2035-2050
• The next ESA Large-class missions |
2035-2045
• The first definitive evidence of life beyond Earth |
2035-2040
• Establishment of the first permanent lunar base |
• Russia is a global food superpower |
• The RAF Typhoon is phased out and replaced by the Tempest |
2035
• Millennials are enjoying an inheritance boom |
• Lion populations in Africa have declined by half |
• Distributed propulsion systems are revolutionising air travel |
• Self-driving vehicles dominate the roads |
• Robots are dominating the battlefield |
• Norway's underwater suspended tunnels are completed |
• The global airline fleet has doubled |
• Air accident fatalities have been largely eliminated |
2036-2060
• Breakthrough Starshot obtains images of Alpha Centauri |
2036-2045
• The International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) establishes long-term human operations |
2036-2040
• Transhuman sports competitors |
2036
• Supercomputers reach the zettascale |
• Hepatitis C has become a rare disease in the U.S. |
• In-vitro meat is a mature industry |
• Lemurs are on the brink of extinction |
• China's first mission to Neptune |
2037-2039
• EV market share is approaching 100% in most countries |
2037
• Global population reaches 9 billion |
• Global warming hits 1.5°C |
• Total solar eclipse in Australia and New Zealand |
• America's sixth-generation fighter jet enters service |
• The Oxford English Dictionary 3rd edition is published |
2038
• Older computers are at risk of experiencing major software malfunctions |
• The New Horizons probe is 100 AU from the Sun |
• Two-thirds of UN member states have abolished the death penalty |
• Re-emergence of Brood X cicadas |
• The FIFA World Cup trophy is replaced |
• Urban air mobility is a trillion-dollar industry |
• The space industry exceeds $1tn worldwide |
• Total solar eclipse in Australasia |
• Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is eradicated in England |
2039
• The first generation of epigenetic rejuvenation therapies |
• The world's first trillionaire |
• Manufacturing jobs have largely disappeared in the West |
• Australia's national symbol, the Koala, faces extinction |
• Five-year survival rates for leukaemia are approaching 100% |
• Extreme heatwaves are commonplace in the U.S. |
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