New predictions for the timeline

[wjfox]

2049 – Neptune Odyssey mission

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune_Odyssey

[wjfox]

2051 - Enceladus Orbilander

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enceladus_Orbilander

https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/OPAG2 ... f/6012.pdf

[firestar464]

The China moon landing on the 2030 page needs to be edited to reflect that China wants to get there on a Long March 10 rocket instead of a Long March 9 rocket.

[wjfox]

See various comments here:

[wjfox]

I think I'll be adding this one next.

2029 – Large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computing

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-30/ ... /103781352

[TrueAnimationFan]

This may or may not be worthy of an entry, but it should be noted that the frequency of asteroid impacts similar in size to the Chelyabinsk meteor is about once every 80 years, meaning that it is possible another town or city will see a destructive fireball event by 2090 or 2100.

[firestar464]

That is, if humans ain't around anymore. By then we'd probably zap it with a laser or something

[firestar464]

BTW, what's the source for Orbital Reef coming in 2028? Didn't Sierra announce that they were gonna get it up and running by '27? (https://californiaconsultants.org/event ... -in-space/)

(Went to the official Orbital Reef site but couldn't find 2028)

[firestar464]

Also the entry for the ATHENA X-ray observatory needs to be moved from 2028 to 2035, per the official ESA site (https://sci.esa.int/web/athena/-/59896-mission-summary).

[firestar464]

The Chinese particle accelerator entry, currently featured in the 2028 section, needs to be moved back to 2027 and updated to reflect that they're just going for one big accelerator known as the Circular Electron Positron Collider.

Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_ ... n_Collider

[firestar464]

Also the Comet Interceptor needs to be moved to from 2028 to 2029, per the official website.

https://www.cometinterceptor.space/

[wjfox]

Possible underwater tunnel linking Europe with Africa by 2030:

https://www.timeout.com/news/there-coul ... 030-050324

[wjfox]

2032 – The Strait of Messina Bridge is completed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Messina_Bridge

https://www.timeout.com/news/italy-migh ... ily-112422

[firestar464]

Possible underwater tunnel linking Europe with Africa by 2030:

https://www.timeout.com/news/there-coul ... 030-050324

Identitarians gonna lose it lmao

[Powers]

Possible underwater tunnel linking Europe with Africa by 2030:

https://www.timeout.com/news/there-coul ... 030-050324

Identitarians gonna lose it lmao

BUt Europeans grew too decadent!!1

[firestar464]

https://spacenews.com/nasa-planning-sep ... new-glenn/

New Glenn needs to be moved from August to September.

[GTrang]

I'm not sure whether the following is important enough to be included in the timeline at https://www.futuretimeline.net/22ndcent ... 0-2149.htm, but I'll mention it here anyway. It would mean that babies born on 29 February 2096 will not get to have a birthday until they turn 8 years old on 29 February 2104.

2100 - First skipped leap year in 200 years

The year 2100 will not be a leap year. A leap year normally occurs every 4 years, but in the case of century years, the year needs to be divisible by 400 for it to be considered a leap year. This means that 1700, 1800, and 1900 were not leap years, but 1600 and 2000 were leap years. The next skipped leap year will be the year 2100, followed by 2200 and 2300. As 2400 is divisible by 400, it will be the next century year after 2000 to be a leap year.

https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/edit ... -leap-year

[firestar464]

2026-2032: AI 'gold rush' for chatbot training data could run out of human-written text

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-06-ai- ... itten.html

[Powers]

2026-2032: AI 'gold rush' for chatbot training data could run out of human-written text

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-06-ai- ... itten.html

*publicly available

[wjfox]

VIPER got cancelled.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02361-1