Future History (2015): 2020s

The Second In Future History 2015 Season. The Previous One, 2010s - Advancing Decade. And In This Part, The Decade Is Known As Industrial Decade.
There Is No COVID-19 in this Alternate Timeline.
Future Technology > Singularity > Humanity
== Uncertain ==
=== 2020-2035 ===
World oil crisis
=== 2020-2026 ===
The Euclid Space Telescope reveals new insights into dark matter and dark energy
=== 2020-2025 ===
Five-year survival rates for Hodgkin's lymphoma are approaching 100%
=== 2021-2025 ===
Manned exploration of Near-earth asteroids
=== 2022-2062 ===
Next-gen London Tube trains
=== 2024-2030 ===
PLATO observatory is operational
=== 2025-2035 ===
* Manned missions to the Moon
* The Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope (ATLAST) conducts its life-searching mission
* Mouse revival from cryopreservation
=== 2025-2030 ===
* The threat of bioterrorism is peaking
* Hypersonic missiles are in military use
* Some of Britain's most well-known animal species are going extinct
* Rhinos are going extinct in the wild
== 2020 ==
Archive Date: December 3, 2014.
No COVID Yet... But Prosperous, Advanced Society We'll Live. Welcome to the Future.
* America's power shift is destabilising the Asia-Pacific region
* Generation X is reshaping global politics
* Internet use reaches 5 billion worldwide
* The 5G standard is released
* Texting by thinking
* Complex organ replacements grown from stem cells
* The first stem cell therapy for congestive heart failure
* A cure for malaria
* Progress with longevity extension
* Genetically engineered "super" bananas
* Ultra High Definition Television (4320p) is common in homes
* Holographic TV is going mainstream
* Africa and the Middle East are linked by a trans-continental bridge
* Tokyo hosts the Olympic Games
* Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR) has been significantly expanded
* The first self-sufficient, car-free city in mainland China
* Completion of the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link
* The UK has expanded its offshore grid connections
* Smart meters in every UK home
* Public smoking is banned across every US state
* Coal is banned in Beijing
* Mercury pollution has been greatly reduced
* Glacier National Park and other regions are becoming ice-free
* Britain's new aircraft carriers reach full operational capability
* 30,000 drones are patrolling the skies of America
* Mars 2020 rover mission
* BepiColombo arrives in orbit around Mercury
* Video games with photo-realistic graphics
* Expo 2020 is held in Dubai
== 2021 ==
Archive Date: November 20, 2014.
* Greenland moves towards full independence
* Global average temperatures have risen by 1°C
* Water crisis in southwest USA
* The world's largest insect swarm re-emerges
* Five-year survival rates for breast cancer are approaching 100%
* Male birth control pills are entering the market
* The world's first artificial kidney
* Mind reading technology is being deployed for security purposes
* The first Arabian mission to Mars
* The maiden flight of Ariane 6
* Fully reusable, single-stage-to-orbit spacecraft
* A rapidly changing workforce
* Wireless electricity is reaching critical mass
* Traditional microchips are reaching the limits of miniaturisation 
* Completion of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge
== 2022 ==
Archive Date: November 19, 2014.
The Qatar World Cup
* The ITER experimental fusion reactor is switched on
* Solar grid parity has been reached in almost 10% of the U.S.
* Germany phases out nuclear energy
* Qatar hosts the FIFA World Cup
* China's first space station is complete
* The European Extremely Large Telescope is operational
* The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope begins full operations
* Water is becoming a weapon of war
* Global reserves of antimony are running out
* Nanotech clothes are growing rapidly in use
* Poland begins exporting the PL-01 stealth tank
== 2023 ==
Hinkley Point C
Archive Date: November 19, 2014
* Mars sample return mission
* Asteroid sample return mission
* Launch of the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST)
* Laser-driven fusion energy makes progress
* The Hinkley Point C nuclear power station is operational
* Turkey celebrates its 100th anniversary as an independent republic
* Completion of the London "super sewer"
* Brain implants to restore lost memories
* Borneo’s rainforests have been wiped from the map
* Gorillas are going extinct in Central Africa
== 2024 ==
The Current Year. Technology Is Everywhere.
Archive Date: November 19, 2014.
* The biggest refugee crisis in world history
* Gay marriage is legal in every US state
* African elephants are going extinct in the wild
* Open-source, 3D printed clothes at near-zero cost
* Completion of the Square Kilometre Array
* 99% of near-Earth asteroids have been catalogued
* The first probe to fly into the Sun's outer atmosphere
== 2025 ==
The Next Year. Archive Date: November 20, 2014.
* Human brain simulations are becoming possible
* Medical nanobots are being developed
* 3D-printed human organs
* China is becoming highly urbanised
* Vertical farms are common in cities
* Solid waste is reaching crisis levels
* Kivalina has been inundated
* Completion of the East Anglia Zone
* Completion of Masdar City
* Contact with the Voyager probes is lost
* High speed rail networks are being expanded in many countries
* A comprehensive overhaul of the U.S. airspace system is complete
* U.S. fuel economy standards have dramatically improved
* Railguns are in use by the U.S. navy
* Stress and anxiety continue to rise
== 2026 ==
Robot Hands!!! Archived November 20, 2014
* Aquaculture provides the majority of the world's seafood
* The International Linear Collider is completed
* 3-D printed electronic membranes to prevent heart attacks
* Youthful regeneration of aging heart muscle via GDF-11
* New treatments for Alzheimer’s disease
* Rising sea levels are wreaking havoc on the Maldives
* Global reserves of indium are running out
* Construction of the Sagrada Família is complete
* Robotic hands matching human capabilities
* Mars Science Laboratory is shutting down
== 2027 ==
China Peak Coal, BRICS overtake G7... Archived December 3, 2014
* The BRICs overtake the G7 nations
* Light-duty hydrogen fuel cell vehicles reach 1 million in annual sales
* Tokyo and Nagoya are connected by high-speed maglev
* Carbon sequestration is underway in many nations
* Peak coal is reached in China
* The Europa Clipper arrives in orbit
== 2028 ==
Technology... Archived November 21, 2014
* Launch of the European ATHENA X-ray observatory
* China builds the world's largest particle accelerator
* The International Space Station is decommissioned
* Printed electronics are ubiquitous
* The UK population reaches 70 million
* Manned fighter planes are being phased out and replaced with UAVs
* Amputees can regrow lost limbs
* Resurrection of several extinct species has been achieved
== 2029 ==
The Singularity! Archived December 3, 2014
* Human-like AI is becoming a reality
* Heavy automation of supermarkets and retail environments
* Intelligent advertising is widespread
* Global reserves of silver are running out
* Lake Chad disappears from the map
* Madagascar's radiated tortoise is extinct in the wild
* Jupiter's Great Red Spot is disappearing
* The wreck of the Titanic has decomposed
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