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document updated 19 years ago, on Aug 3, 2005
Leap seconds
will be replaced by leap hours
[Nov 2005?]
various Space Probes will be launched, or will reach their target
[2005-2015+]
The
new redesigned Space Shuttle
will launch for the first time [2008-2014]
Scaled Composites's SpaceShipTwo
will carry tourists to sub-orbital space [2008-2010]
The point of
peak oil output
will be reached, and the economics of transportation will irreversibly change (possibly causing
very large effects
on the
world economy
) [2005-2100]
A
theory of everything
may be discovered
[?2015?]
Fusion power
may become available [
2025
-?]
world population will either flatten off, or will have massive starvation
[2075-2200]
The earth's magnetic field might flip
[4000AD?]
the
Yellowstone super-volcano
will
blow up
, possibly leading to
a large number of human deaths
(at the very least, it will
snow in the middle of summer
) [
73,000 AD
]