The future is a big part of our lives, but have you wondered just what will happen in
the upcoming decades?
Join as we show you event that will happen by 2090!
Nuclear War?
Alright, let's start things off with a rather grim topic, but since we're talking about
events that will likely happy in the next 70 or so years, it's very fair to talk about
the dark side of events.
Human history is full of wars, so much so that you could argue that history is defined
by wars and who won them.
The world as we know it hasn't had a large-scale war in some time, just minor wars that focused
in one area of the world like the Iraqi War.
But that doesn't mean we should be relaxed about it, after all, there are a lot of political
figures out there in the world right now that aren't exactly the most kind or stable people
mentally.
That's not to say that they'll slam the "FIRE!"
button on their arsenals, but it is a probability, and the thing they would fire is nuclear missiles.
Now, on one hand, the amount of nuclear missiles in the world right now is actually smaller
than you think.
During the Cold War nations were stockpiling these things like no ones business because
they were expecting war to happen, but that's died down since.
But, we still have plenty to permanently affect the world.
And as history has shown us, all it takes is one incident, one move in the wrong direction,
one misunderstanding, and war is here.
With tensions high, and unknown events coming over the next 70 years, you might hard pressed
to not say that a massive nuclear war "could be" inevitable.
Landing On Mars Ok, now let's get to the better stuff!
Something based on a project that we all know is going on right now in the world via entities
like NASA and Space X.
Mainly, that we're going to Mars!
It's often been the dream of humanity that we would not just have homes on Earth, but
on other planets, and the goal of places like NASA has been to observe the universe and
see if there are places we could potentially habitate.
Which they have found for the record, but because of the distance problem, we have to
settle for a place that is close enough to us and a place where we can make a colony
somewhat easily.
Somewhat.
That place right now is Mars.
Now to be clear, making a colony on Mars will not be easy, nor is the process for making
a colony on Mars perfectly set right now.
That's part of the reason there hasn't been any missions to Mars involving humans so far
in history, but that is now changing.
Both NASA and SpaceX (an independent company working under Elon Musk) have their own plans
to colonize Mars, and it's kind of a new Space Race to see who gets there first.
At present, it seems that Elon Musk's crew will be the first to land on Mars by either
2022 or 2024 depending on various elements.
But either way, by 2090, not only will we have landed on Mars, we'll have likely gotten
multiple Martian cities it and perfected how we colonize the planet.
Which means that humanity will now inhabit two worlds, opening the possibilities of what
else we can do colonization wise by 2090.
How did that guy say it?
Oh yes, to boldly go where no man has gone before...
. Technology Boom Humanity as a whole is often defined by the
technology that they have at the time.
At one point in history the bow and arrow was the most important and powerful weapon
in the world.
Then came gunpowder, then tanks, and missiles, and cyberhacking and on and on it went.
Obviously, non-weapon technology is just as important, from how we construct buildings,
to making a better computer, technology governs our lives whether we want to admit it or not.
So where will we be by 2090?
In truth, it's hard to fully know.
Sure, we can guess based on where we are right now, and what things many groups are working
on, but as history has shown us, sometimes a single event or year can help change things
so drastically that it would've been laughable to think it would've happened when looked
at from a few years previous.
We refer to this often times as a "technology boom".
You can point to various points in history and see the technology boom, like the birth
of personal computers and the microchip, the arrival of radar, x-rays, microwaves, the
arrival of certain medicines, and so on.
Fast forward to 2090 and we might just have cars that don't require fossil fuels.
We could have homes that run on solar energy alone, we could have medicine that cures many
diseases that are considered fatal right now.
We could have computers that we wear on our bodies, interact fully with voice commands
and have holographic project systems.
We could even have food replicators.
The possibilities in this case are limitless, the only question is what the event itself
will be that inspires or sparks the next boom, and when it will happen.
But you'd foolish to say it won't happen before 2090 cause humanity doesn't like staying stagnant.
Then again...that's not always a good thing...
Technological Singularity?
For those who don't know, Technological Singularity is a term that defines "a hypothetical future
point in time at which technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, resulting
in unfathomable changes to human civilization."
There are two ways to look at this.
One, that Earth grows so large on its technology use that we become defined by that technology
and can't go back to a time when we didn't use it.
Or two, that we create A.I.
intelligence that is so advanced and powerful that IT controls US.
Either option is...not appealing, and to be fair, we're REALLY close to something like
that RIGHT NOW.
As humanity is becoming more and more dependant on technology with every year that passes.
Don't believe me?
Just look at the next generation of humanity.
10 years ago you might find 2 out of 10 kids with cell phones in their hands.
Now?
It's 9 out of 10 in most 1st world countries because kids "need" phones.
Hint: they don't, they really don't.
Also, humanity is working with various forms of A.I.
right now that are getting more and more advanced.
You might even have one in your home right now via Siri or Alexa.
Plus, more advanced A.I.s are in the works, and are even being put into autonomous robots
that are able to open doors for other robots!
Yes, it's scary.
So by 2090, there is a very real and scary chance that we'll have hit the technological
singularity.
It's not impossible to avoid it for the record, however, it is more than likely that it will
be reached in some capacity by that point.
The only real question is how humanity will adapt to this new lifestyle and whether it'll
end in the "Judgment Day" that the Terminator predicted all those years ago.
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. Cosmic Events While it's easy to focus on what humanity
as a whole is going to bring to the table by 2090, we must remember that there is a
whole universe full of things that affect our planet that we sometimes don't even focus
on.
Thankfully, a lot of other people DO focus on the stars, and by 2090, there are many
cosmic events that will come our way.
Now, some will be fine, and fun even, like how Halley's Comet is going to come back around
2061, so if you're around by then, you'll have a very fun sight to see.
But, there are also some more dangerous cosmic events that could arrive on Earth by then.
Such as an asteroid that is set to pass by Earth in 2050.
Current projections state that this massive rock won't exactly hit the Earth, but that's
still 30 years away, the universe is known for making changes that can affect Earth,
and so who is to say that the trajectory of it won't be altered?
Yeah, it's a grim thought, but the Earth has been almost destroyed by asteroids before,
and not just the one that took out the dinosaurs, there were other events that have happened
that were mere hours from total planetary destruction.
If you're looking for more positive cosmic events by 2090, you are in luck.
There will be numerous cosmic events like supernovas being born, meteor showers, the
birth and death of planets, and more that'll happen in the next 70 years that humanity
will be able to document.
Plus, if we do make it to Mars, we'll have yet another vantage point to explore the universe,
and be able to see things that we might not have been able to view on Earth.
. Medicine and Disease There was a point in time in human history
when the life expectancy rate was incredibly low, so much so that certain major powers
like Rome had people dying in their teens more times than not because medicine just
wasn't there to save them.
Thankfully, we've grown past that, and in the future, we could have more medicine than
ever to keep us alive.
We've already briefly talked about this during the "technology boom" session, but it's important
to document the events in medicine that could have us pushing in further in having near
immortality.
Because as sci-fi as it sounds, that honestly is the goal with humanity and medicine.
As a race we already have various kinds of pills and nutrients that are meant to make
our bodies stronger and last longer, so having something in the future be born that could
make our immune systems super strong and incapable of catching disease isn't just probable, it's
likely.
However, the opposite side of that coin is also true.
Because just as we are able to make medicine that can make our lives better, we also have
technologies that could make a virus or biological weapon that could literally wipe us all out.
It's almost happened before, and those were via natural things like the Black Plague,
or AIDS, or the Avian Flu.
With those as a reference, countries could make biological weapons and decimate a country.
With 70 years until 2090 a biological attack is very probable, especially since every major
nation in the whole world has the capabilities to make these things work and happen.
And...man-made biological attacks have already happened on Earth, just in a small scale.
But by 2090 it'd be hard pressed to believe that a large-scale event won't happen.
. Aliens?
There are several big "mysteries" in the universe, but none are as powerful and as prevalent
as the one simply known as aliens.
Specifically, "Is there life out there in space?"
Many have pondered, many have searched, and many have made theories or statements claiming
that aliens have already been to Earth.
But as a whole, humanity does not know if aliens do exist.
But maybe the reason we haven't seen them yet is...they haven't had the time to get
here.
After all, space is BIG, and despite all the predictions of aliens with light-speed capabilities
and such, we don't know how fast they can go.
But maybe in the next 70 years we'll have contact with them.
Maybe in the next several decades we'll receive a signal that is clearly not from any random
object in space.
Perhaps by 2090 we'll have a true close encounter of the third kind.
Or...maybe we won't, and we'll still be wondering where the heck the aliens are.
It's hard to say.
. World Peace?
Ah, the dream of many people on the planet, the dream of coming together not as a group
of nations, but as one planet to make things better.
In this current political climate it may seem like that is an impossibility.
As many world leaders either don't like each other, don't trust each other, or flat out
hate each other and want to go to war with their rivals.
But by 2090?
The world may be a very different place.
We've seen the world come together to help change things, like with the Live Aid concert,
or the events of 9/11, or certain other things, but imagine if an event, whatever it may be,
rose up and created such a unifying force that the world itself changed for better?
It's very hard to imagine it, because we honestly only think about world peace in the style
of certain sci-fi shows that talk about the Earth coming together as one to become a singular
entity.
Like in Star Trek where they Earth has been touted as a near "perfect" planet because
of technology and the unification they underwent.
But could that happen on Earth?
Yes, it really can, and it may not be as hard as you think.
It just takes a singular event to bring us all together.
It may be that we rally together after a devastating incident, like a war, or a disease that kills
a large part of the planet.
Or maybe it's a technology that allows us to break down the barriers between the nations
and allows us to see that fighting is pointless.
From what the future will bring, to the events that could change our world forever, join
us as we explore what events will happen by 2100!
I know it's hard to look at the future and say exactly what'll happen.
If you think about it, we're in 2020, but if you asked people in 1920 what today would
look like?
Yeah, their answers would be VASTLY different.
Don't forget that this point in time was supposed to be the "sci-fi" future that a lot of people
envisioned (we're already past Back To The Future for example).
So in truth, there is no real way of knowing what's going to happen between now and 2100.
However, there are things that we can predict, try to acknowledge as likely, and see what
humanity might just accomplish.
So let's start off with the very near future.
Mainly, 2021.
It's in this year that the James Webb Telescope is expected to launch.
So...what is it?
"The James Webb Space Telescope is the most ambitious and complex astronomical project
ever built, and bringing it to life is a long, meticulous process.
The wait will be a little longer now but the breakthrough science that it will enable is
absolutely worth it," says Günther Hasinger, ESA Director of Science.
This project has been in the works for YEARS, and BILLIONS of dollars have been spent on
it, so you can imagine there's been a lot of people wanting this to launch so that people
and scientists know that they got their money's worth, right?
And to that end, the James Webb Space Telescope is outfitted with things that no other telescope
or satellite before it has been outfitted with:
"The Webb is an unprecedented endeavour in space science, requiring utmost ingenuity
in both the scientific and technical domains.
Several new technologies have been developed and mastered to make its distinctive features
possible, including the deployable nature of the observatory, which will carry the largest
mirror ever flown into space, and the low-temperatures needed to operate its infrared instruments
that will peer farther and deeper into our cosmic origins."
I know this still may not SOUND important, but it is.
Mainly because the telescopes and satellites and probes that we have out in space right
now are REALLY good at sending us data and pictures and such, but when it boils right
down to it, they don't have enough to study the entire scope of the universe.
With the James Webb Space Telescope, it works at a different wavelength entirely, allowing
it to see more.
" It will be observing entirely in the infrared, barely scratching the deepest possible reds
that a human can see.
In other words, the JWST will be studying a universe that is largely invisible to human
experience."
So basically, the reason that we need this telescope/observatory is because without it,
we will be unable to observe a large part of the universe that we can only speculate
on right now with the other devices we have.
Plus, since it's in space, it'll have a great range and less things to obstruct it from
the goals of NASA, the ESA and Canada's space agency.
So yeah, it's costing a fortune, but the potential benefits and rewards from having this thing
in the sky watching the stars are numerous.
Another thing you can bet on is our desire to go back to the moon, which allegedly is
going to happen in 2023.
Which would mean that if successful, it would've been about 50 years between the current (2023)
and last (1976) manned moon mission.
Don't get me wrong, we've launched MANY thing to the moon between that time period, but
a manned mission to land on the moon?
Not so much.
But why go back?
Well, while Mars (which we'll get to, I promise) is very much the MAIN target of the decade
that we are in, we can't just ignore the moon.
A) the moon is MUCH closer to Mars and even in the 1960's it only took a few days to get
to the moon.
With our current technology we can make that trip a little faster.
or potentially a lot faster given that technology could advance a lot in terms of engines by
2023.
Here's the question you should be asking though...who is going to the moon?
Well...that's where things get a bit tricky.
Because there are currently MULTIPLE people and groups trying to get to the moon by 2023.
NASA is of course in the mix, but they're just trying to get a rover on the moon by
2023.
As in an unmanned rover.
Their plans for humans to return to the moon isn't likely happening until 2028 by current
estimates.
There are two places that are trying to take humans to the moon.
Or at least, around the moon.
That would be Space X, headed up by the one and only Elon Musk, and a Japanese project
known as "Dear Moon".
The former is an extension of the space mission that they've been doing for years.
Elon Musk has been trying to make reusable spacecrafts for us to pilot into space, return
to Earth, and then use again in record time.
And he's been succeeding.
Getting one of his ships to the moon is easily one of the biggest tests he'll have undergone
both in terms of distance, but also having a crew on board.
As for the Japanese project...
"The #dearMoon project is a lunar tourism mission and art project conceived and financed
by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa.
... The passengers will be Maezawa, several artists, and one or two crew members."
Yep, they're sending tourists to the moon!
Eh, it was bound to happen eventually.
Anyway, as you can see, there's a lot of interest in going back to the moon, which is good,
because a lot of people want to set up colonies on the moon as well as mine it for resources
potentially.
When will that happen?
Depends on when we get back there in the first place.
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And now...for the event that I'm sure you want to talk about...getting to Mars.
SpaceX is leading the charge on this one, as they're endeavoring to send humans to Mars
in the year 2024.
Or more accurately, the mission to Mars will START in 2024, and they'll likely land therein
2025.
The goal of this "first phase" of the mission is simple, he wants to get the people to Mars
(call that Step 1) and then see how they're able to interact on the planet, how well the
cargo supplies hold up, and of course, set up the first "home" on the planet.
Then, see how things go over the course of time.
Very methodical, isn't it?
Well, that's what you need to do when you're colonizing a world, especially one that you've
only really been looking at from afar.
We can only speculate how we'd react on Mars because the only thing we've sent there are
rovers, probes, and satellites.
And while they were helpful in getting things like information and samples and occasionally
rocks, they can't tell us how a human would react on Mars.
These first colonists are vital to understand if humanity can truly live on Mars AND survive
there long-term, which is a key aspect of this whole venture.
Elon Musk intends to have a livable base, generators that will run off of various power
sources on Mars to ensure they don't run out of power, and more.
So they'll at the very least be able to last the first nine months.
Barring something unfortunate of course.
Then, once that's all taken care of, they'll fly back to Earth and be put under immediate
observation.
They'll be tested to see how their bodies have reacted to the Mars gravity and climate,
see if there are any illnesses that can be detected, are they malnourished or anything
of the like.
All this data helps both Musk and other space science institutions because that's data they
honestly don't have right now, and it can influence any further missions to Mars.
This is arguably one of the most important events leading up to 2100.
Because IF any part of this mission fails?
It'll set back Mars colonization by at least a few years, if not more.
So obviously SpaceX, NASA and many others are working together to try and suss out all
the kinks and possibilities to give this launch and mission one of the smoothest things around.
What we're also hoping to be smooth is an event going on in 2029, less than a decade
from now we're going to have a close encounter of the asteroid kind.
Specifically a rock called 99942 Apophis that was detected all the way back in 2004 and
predicted to potentially hit the Earth in 2029.
This has since been toned down to saying that it'll pass by Earth just 20,000 miles above
the surface.
Which is still REALLY close, but barring something happening, we don't have to worry about us
getting hit.
Which is a good thing because if such a thing were to come on a course to hit us...we honestly
wouldn't have much available to stop it.
To be clear, it wouldn't cause a cataclysmic event more than likely...but if it landed
near a city with its current size of 1200+ feet?
Yeah, that could do a lot of damage.
But again, for now, we're safe, and that should be a comfort to us...for now.
Alright, now let's jump to 2050.
Yeah, I know right?
That means that 2030-2050 must be BORING, or that there's things we can't really talk
about because...there's just no way of knowing what'll go on there.
I'm just saying.
Anyway, 2050 is said to be a BIG year in human history, not just because it marks the middle
of the century, but rather, humanity is expected to be VERY advanced in just about every measure.
Which means we have 30 years to make good on those expectations.
Not impossible to be clear, but without a doubt it will be a challenge to live up to
those expectations.
So what's one of the biggest things that we can potentially have happen in 2050?
Well, one of the most positive things is that it's expected by 2050 that we'll have at LEAST
one colony on Mars.
Now, if you recall the timeline we've laid out, we're expected to have sent people to
Mars by 2025, so that means over the course of the next 25 years we're only JUST building,
or have gotten built the first Martian colony.
That sounds a little slow, right?
Well you have to remember a few things, first and foremost, there's a big difference between
getting people to Mars, and then building a colony there.
After all, to make a successful colony you don't just have to build it, you have to sustain
it.
And getting materials there to build a potentially massive colony?
Yeah, that won't be easy.
We're talking multiple missions over the course of MANY years, that's a long haul kind of
thing.
Again, not impossible, especially once we take that first big step by landing on Mars
with people, but it's time consuming.
Just to lay it out, we'd have to send tools, lots of materials to build the things, and
then we'd need to send the people there to build it, which at present we can only send
a handful or two at a time, then they need to build it without damaging themselves or
the potential home of humanity on Mars.
Then, even when construction is complete, there needs to be tests, more materials brought
in, a bunch of things for humanity to survive and thrive there, and on and on it goes.
So while it may seem like we're talking a LONG time to make the Mars colony, never forget
that Rome wasn't built in a day...and that Rome was on Earth with a bunch of people and
materials to make it.
Fast forwarding to 2061 (what is all the gaps here?), we get the return of a legend...Halley's
Comet.
Halley's Comet is known as a "short period comet", as it circles the confines of space,
and then arrives back at Earth every 75-76 years.
So if you're lucky, you could see it twice in a lifetime.
This feature of the comet has actually made it one of the most popular things in the universe,
as you can literally see it in the sky above without much issue, especially in places like
the countryside or areas without light pollution.
And so when it arrives back around the Earth in 2061, you'll be able to see it with the
naked eye and observe a very special part of the universe as a whole.
Now, in 2069, another very important NASA mission is said to happen, but you can take
this one with a grain of salt because of advances in technology happening right now.
You see, NASA wants to send a craft to the place known as Alpha Centauri.
Alpha Centauri is a place that you may have heard about because it's a place where it's
said that a very Earth-like planet resides.
The problem is that it's over 4 light years away and in our quickest ship it would take
tens of thousands of years to reach there...not fun.
So the probe they're sending there has the potential to not only make history, but have
the bonus of finding alien life...potentially of course.
As for the "grain of salt" I mentioned, there is a project being made right now that could
send things to Alpha Centauri a LOT fast, and it's set to launch in the next decade
or so.
Thus, if it works...we could have a look at the system a lot sooner.
Time will tell.
From a look to the stars, to the remains of our world, 2095 (based on current calculations)
will be a devastating year for Earth because of the fact that we'll have cut down the entire
Amazon Rainforest.
Barring changes to our world that is.
If this was to happen, the species of animals that have lived within it will likely be extinct,
if not on their last legs, and the pollution that will be on our planet because of this
will be substantial.
We could turn this around...but humanity has a way of digging in its heels when it thinks
it's right.
As for 2100, if we reach that point, our population will be over 11 billion, and more than likely
we'll have colonies on multiple planets and moons should things go well.
What a sight that would be.