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What will SpaceX be worth in 2030, in billions of nominal USD?

>125 billion $ (>125 - >125)

14
7575 comments
145
145 forecasters
>125 billion $
(>125 - >125)

Who will be the first group to land a human on Mars?

23
33 comments
61
61 forecasters

What will be the proportion of orbital launches in 2030 for the following launcher categories?

5
22 comments
34
34 forecasters

Will humans have a sustainable off-world presence by 2100?

40% chance

85
8484 comments
645
645 forecasters
40%chance

Will any asteroid or comet have been mined in space for commercial purposes before 2030?

1% chance

29
1616 comments
200
200 forecasters
1%chance

What propulsion mechanism will launch a payload into space at a cost of < $100/kg first?

10
11 comment
26
26 forecasters

In what year will the first private citizen become a permanent off-Earth resident?

May 2069 (Nov 2040 - >2100)

4
55 comments
33
33 forecasters
May 2069
(Nov 2040 - >2100)

What will be the total quantity of space debris orbiting earth in each year?

7
99 comments
36
36 forecasters

When will Varda successfully manufacture and sell its first product from space?

Aug 2031 (10 Jan 2028 - Feb 2040)

8
44 comments
23
23 forecasters
Aug 2031
(10 Jan 2028 - Feb 2040)

To the stars! #1: Will the private investment in laser-sail extra-solar travel be matched by a comparable amount within 5 years?

result: no

38
1616 comments
170
170 forecasters
ResolvedNo

By 2030, will at least 1% of Gallup respondents report the most important problem facing the US is something relating to space?

3.3% chance

11
99 comments
50
50 forecasters
3.3%chance

How much total space based solar PV (in GW) will be installed by the following years?

6
55 comments
9
9 forecasters

Which country will be the first to administer more territory off Earth than on it?

16
4343 comments
68
68 forecasters

What percent of spacecraft will satisfy post mission disposal regulations in the decade of 2020-2029?

57.2% (23.4 - 82.6)

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44 comments
11
11 forecasters
57.2%
(23.4 - 82.6)

When will traviswfisher be unseated on the Metaculus leaderboard?

15 Nov 2020 (17 Oct 2020 - 22 Dec 2020)

7
4444 comments
41
41 forecasters
15 Nov 2020
(17 Oct 2020 - 22 Dec 2020)

What will the space traveler fatality rate due to spacecraft anomalies be in the 2020's?

<0.001% (<0.001 - 0.00156)

6
1010 comments
30
30 forecasters
<0.001%
(<0.001 - 0.00156)

To the stars! #2: Mountaintop lasers, rockets, optics and wafers? Or something else?

result: no

27
1414 comments
132
132 forecasters
ResolvedNo

Will a Metaculus user report from space before 2050?

48% chance

21
1818 comments
168
168 forecasters
48%chance

Report: The State of the Alt-Protein Industry

6
0 comments

When Will We See Real Nanotechnology?

20
11 comment

Life on the Icy Moons and Ocean Worlds of the Outer Solar System

15
11 comment

Space Sector ‘Greenification’

10
11 comment

The ʻOumuamua Paradox and the Nature of Interstellar Objects

12
22 comments

Action Ontologies, Computer Ontologies

19
11 comment