New predictions for the timeline

[firestar464]

DAVINCI needs to be moved to 2030-2032 (based on fiscal years 2031-2032).

https://www.futuretimeline.net/21stcent ... tm#davinci
https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads ... update.pdf

Magellan needs to be moved to the early 2030s.

https://giantmagellan.org/about-us/
https://www.futuretimeline.net/21stcent ... 9-timeline

[wjfox]

Thanks for all these corrections.

It's frustrating though. I'd rather be writing about stuff like "Cyborgs colonising Venus" in 2120, or "The first AI President" in 2080, but instead I've had to keep doing all these changes to existing predictions lately.

[firestar464]

I was wondering if you've considered implementing somewhat of a wiki-based model, with trusted users being allowed to suggest changes that you'd approve? Would help with reducing the tedium of the basic timeline maintenance while allowing you to focus more on in-depth predictions.

[wjfox]

I was wondering if you've considered implementing somewhat of a wiki-based model, with trusted users being allowed to suggest changes that you'd approve? Would help with reducing the tedium of the basic timeline maintenance while allowing you to focus more on in-depth predictions.

I am planning a major overhaul of the site (which hasn't been redesigned since 2017), and that's a very interesting idea. I would definitely consider something like that.

My medium to longer-term plan is basically:

- Launch the new website I've spent the last couple of years working on (great progress lately; on track for mid-2026 or earlier).
- Future Timeline overhaul/relaunch (best guess ~2028-ish). This will include a search engine and improved navigation.
- Past Timeline (~2030). I'm still hopeful this project will happen... eventually.

[TrueAnimationFan]

2450 AD: An interstellar radio message arrives at Polaris

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Simple_ ... al_Message

[Aflatoxin]

Russia's planned successor for the ISS: build between 2027 and 2033
https://www.space.com/russia-space-stat ... eline-2027

[firestar464]

2040- A truckload of plastic is dumped every second

https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-ana ... -wave-2025

[wjfox]

2026 – Blue Moon Pathfinder Mission 1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Moon ... _Mission_1


2027 - Blue Moon Pathfinder Mission 2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Moon ... _Mission_2

[wjfox]

2026 - SpaceX goes public

https://www.space.com/space-exploration ... on-reports

[wjfox]

2077 – The percentage of people in tertiary education reaches 30%

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/worl ... e=relative

(up from 13.5% in 2025)

[firestar464]

Christianity's decline has been much faster than expected by this graph.

https://www.futuretimeline.net/23rdcent ... ristianity

[wjfox]

Christianity's decline has been much faster than expected by this graph.

https://www.futuretimeline.net/23rdcent ... ristianity

Heh, that was one of the very first predictions to appear on the site (as you can see from "Last accessed" on its reference). Indeed, needs an update!

[firestar464]

The synthetic human genome prediction needs to be moved a few decades into the future; a synthetic chromosome won't be here until 2030-2035, let alone the whole thing.

https://wellcome.org/insights/articles/ ... chromosome

[firestar464]

Curiosity still has years to go.

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/marking-1 ... ew-skills/

[wjfox]

2028 – Hyundai Motor Group deploys human-like robots in factories

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgjm5x54ldo

[wjfox]

2028 – The world's first kilometre-high building

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

[wjfox]

An incredibly useful paper...


Projections of when each of 150 countries may eliminate air pollution and carbon emissions from all energy

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/article ... d5su00912j

[TrueAnimationFan]

32,000 AD - Lincoln Calibration Sphere 1 returns to Earth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_C ... n_Sphere_1

[wjfox]

2035 – Robotic surgery is the default for many NHS operations

Refs:

"The NHS is prioritising local robotic‑assisted surgery, aiming for 500,000 robot‑supported operations a year by 2035."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq577v126g9o

"Half a million operations will be supported by the trailblazing approach every year by 2035, up from 70,000 in 2023/24, according to NHS projections."
https://www.england.nhs.uk/2025/06/mill ... bot-drive/

[wjfox]

32,000 AD - Lincoln Calibration Sphere 1 returns to Earth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_C ... n_Sphere_1

Okay, that's been added. Thanks for the suggestion.