The 2030's

Overview
This is the timeline of the 2030's.

Timeline
2030 - The US is declining as a world power. Treatments for AIDS, cancer and other diseases are becoming a reality. India is the most populated country on Earth. Orbital space junk is becoming a major problem for space tourisim and spaceflight. 2031 - Much of Bangkok is flooded, resulting in abandonment of the country. Chocolate has become a rare luxury, and ceases to be so in the 2060's. 2032 - The Chinese Space Station (built in 2017) is deorbited. 2033 - A manned mission to Mars by the Internaitional Space Agency (ISA) is launched in this year, with the six-manned crew landing on the Red Planet on Agust 18. Britian's HS2 rail link is fully complete. 2034 - The six-manned crew of Martian One lands back on Earth on October 23. 2035 - Stem cell pharmacies are everywhere. There is turmiol in the Middle East. Ther are now holographic recraitions of deceased people. 2036 - The European Union is an actual funcioning country (now renamed the Rupublic of Europe), encompassing both Western and Eastern Europe. Alzeimer's disease is now fully cureable. Detailed probing and of the Kuiper Belt is currently underway. 2038 - The FIFA world cup is replaced.

2039 - Nonotech fabrics are commonplace. The US populaition is 400 million.

As of December 2009, the United States Census Bureau projects a world population of 8.4 billion by 2030

French demographist Emmanuel Todd predicts the level of literacy amongst the world population to reach near 100% by 2030

January 19, 2038 – 32-bit computer clocks overflow to represent the date as December 31, 1969

Plans are under discussion for a manned mission to Mars by the middle of the decade

Gerontologist Aubrey De Grey predicts there is a "50/50 chance" of curing aging by around the year 2036

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