-2018: Nasa announces plan to colonize mars by 2030.
-2022: North Korea Nukes itself by accident.
-2025: World population reaches 8 billion.
-2026: The "Big One" Hits California.
-2028: Oil begins becoming scarce, sea levels have risen 1m, large scale biofuel production becomes economically viable.
-2030: Nasa announces plan to colonize mars by 2042.
-2032: AI computer developed by megacorporation
-2035: Calvinball becomes national sport of USA.
-2037: Average cost of college tuition greater than global GDP.
-2042: Nasa announces plans to colonize mars by 2056.
-2045: After the smith filibuster lasts a record 29 years and 256 days, of most countries restructured to keep up in a fast paced world and be many orders of magnitude more efficient in conducting business. (Incredibly optimistic prediction.)
-2049: The last 'Arrow to the Knee' joke is made.
-2052: Life expectancy reaches 100.
-2056: Nasa announces plans to colonize mars by 2070.
-2059: USA Elects first cat president.
-2060: The USA nukes itself by accident.
-2064: China colonizes mars.
-2066: Nanotechnology becomes commonplace; universal assemblers and bloodstream nanorobots allow for people to have near indefinite lifespans.
-2070: Nasa announces plans to colonize mars by 2088.
-2074: The first fusion power plants come online.
-2077: Palm trees at the poles; ice caps completely melted, sea levels at maximum; earth Cretaceous hothouse. Antarctica contested turf between surviving americans and north Koreans.
-2082: Fairly Oddparents stops airing new seasons.
-2085: Robots outnumber people but don't take over.
-2087: 10k people download their brains into computers and live out their lives in a legacy version of Minecraft.
-2088: Nasa announces plans to colonize mars by 2100.
-2094: Chinese Mars colony has grown to 10,000 population and is self - sufficient. Phobos and Deimos mined for ores.
-2098: Work begins on rebuilding the world's ecosystems and reviving extinct species through genetic sequencing.
-2100: Nasa announces plans to colonize mars by 2116.
-2104: Star wars episode XCVII comes out.
-2107: Yellowstone super-volcano almost erupts, but is plugged by a giant cork.
-2114: Mars colony rebels and becomes it's own country.
-2116: Nasa has existential crisis.
My predictions would be much more serious if this were on ED.
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