By the 2170s, antimatter is no longer just a catalyst in hybrid engines; it now powers the main propulsion stages of many space probes, enabling routine exploration of neighbouring star systems.
Industrial-scale, gram-level antimatter production is now enabling a revolution in hybrid space propulsion, as well as unlocking new capabilities in defence, energy transport, and high-energy research.
In 2058, a European probe achieves the first landing on Enceladus, directly sampling material from its icy crust and providing the strongest evidence yet of a habitable ocean world.
By 2090, bowel cancer has been effectively eradicated in developed countries, with mortality rates falling below 0.01 per 100,000. Once a leading killer, it now survives only as a clinical anomaly – swiftly and routinely cured.
