After Math: Adventures in the 21st and a quarter century

We are living in the future here, people! Granted, no, full-body lycra catsuits haven't taken off quite as well as we initially expected but the promise of futuristic technology has sure come through. Or, at least it will at the start of the next decade. By 2025, the UN will go to space, Volkswagen will debut an electric car with a 370-mile range and Elon Musk will send some folks to Mars! Numbers, because how else will you know how long until you're exiled offworld?

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5 years

That's how long until the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs launches its first mission, aboard Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser spacecraft. And only a mere 59 years after first being established.