/sci/ - Science & Math

Is this the space general thread?

http://news.yahoo.com/japan-launch-military-space-force-report-054548014.html

>Japan is planning to launch a military space force by 2019 that would initially be tasked with protecting satellites from dangerous debris orbiting the Earth, a report said.

So according to Planetes;
>the gap between poor and wealthy will increase
>we'll have human colonies on the moon (2030) and Mars (2040-50)
>we'll have commercialized space flights regularly
>2077 we go to Jupiter