Timeline (L'Avenir)

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The timeline for the scenario, L'Avenir.

2018

Politics

• Saudi Arabian women are allowed to drive.
• The European Union implements the GDPR.

Entertainment

• 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
• 2018 FIFA World Cup in European Russia.

Science/Technology

• NASA launches TESS and InSight.
• Parker Solar Probe begins orbit of the Sun.
• BepiColombo is launched to Mercury.
• 2 space tourists fly around the Moon (first time humanity has traveled past low-Earth orbit since 1972).

2019

Politics

• British troops leave Germany.

Entertainment

• Google buys SoundCloud for $1 Billion.

Science/Technology

• JAXA's SELENE-2 spacecraft is launched (delayed from expected launch in 2018).
• The James Webb Space Telescope is launched.
• Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia is completed; becoming the first kilometer tall building and the tallest building in the world.

2020

Politics

• Andrew Jackson is replaced by Harriet Tubman on the American 20 Dollar Bill.

Entertainment

• 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
• Launch of Super Nintendo World in Universal Studios Japan.

Science/Technology

• ESA's ExoMars rover lands on Mars.
• Launch of NASA's Mars2020.
• The Compass Navigation System is completed.
• Upgrading of the Large Hadron Collider.

2021

Science/Technology

• ESA's Euclid probe is launched.
• India's first manned spaceflight happens.

2022

Entertainment

• 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.
• 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Science/Technology

• ESA's Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer is launched.

2023

Politics

• Germany's last nuclear power plants are phased out.

Science/Technology

• Kanal Istanbul is finished.
• London's super sewer is completed.
• OSIRIS-REx returns to Earth with samples from Asteroid Bennu.

2024

Entertainment

• 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Science/Technology

• British Lunar Mission One lands and begins drilling into the Lunar surface.

2025

Science/Technology

• Giant Magellan Telescope is completed.
• New GPS system NextGen is fully implemented.

2026

Entertainment

• 2026 FIFA World Cup in Morocco.
• 2026 Winter Olympics.

Science/Technology

• ESA launches PLATO.

2027

Science/Technology

• The second Gotthard road tunnel is completed in Switzerland.

2028

Entertainment

• 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

2029

Science/Technology

• New Horizons leaves the solar system.

2030

Entertainment

• 2030 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

Science/Technology

• Masdar City is completed

2033

Science/Technology

• Britain's HS2 rail link is completed.
• Foundation of DamIt!, a Dutch construction company specializing in building dams, levees, and other types of water controlling systems.

2034

Science/Technology

• Last of Swiss nuclear power plants are phased out.
• The ESA launches LISA.

2040

Science/Technology

• Last of Japanese nuclear power planets are shut down.
• The Northwest Corridor rail route is completed.

2041

Science/Technology

• The only Slovenian nuclear power plant is closed down.

2045

Science/Technology

• The Setsuzoku maglev route, connecting Tokyo and Osaka, is completed.