2050s (FASA)

Reference Stardate 0/5001 through 0/5912

2050

RSD 0/5000: In a little over half a century, Humans can be found throughout the Solar system, an accomplishment previous generations of Earthside pioneers would have been proud of.^[1]

RSD 0/5100: Interplanetary super cargo carriers accelerate solar trade and industry.^[1]

RSD 0/5200: The Galileo class vessels are retired from service.^[1]
RSD 0/5200: The Glenn class space bus enters service, with a crew of 28 and a passenger capacity of up to 450. With more than 200 built, they will serve as the principal surface-to-orbit carriers during the second half of the 21st century.^[1]
RSD 0/5200: After four years, transmission of the Warp Drive Principle is received on Earth. It causes a sensation and an intensive Warp Drive Studies Program is immediately set up.^[1]

RSD 0/5400: The U.N.S.S. Icarus returns from its historic journey. A United Nations mission is dispatched to Alpha Centauri to begin official recognition, discuss trade, and exchange knowledge of each other's history.^[1]
RSD 0/5400: The Wayne class scout, with a complement of 8, enters service.^[1]

RSD 0/5507: The warp drive program results in the first vessel to exceed the speed of light, the WD-1. Rosy, a chimpanzee sent along for the ride, is safe and sound.^[1]
RSD 0/5507 - 0/5909 (July 2255 - September 2259): The first experimental warp drive ships are tested by Earth and Alpha Centauri research teams. A chimpanzee sent along for the ride is safe and sound.^[1]^[2]

RSD 0/5600: Interplanetary high-speed ambulances, such as the Keller class, improve the survival rates of severely sick and injured people in the Solar system with quicker access to Earth-based medical facilities.^[1]

RSD 0/5700: A poll for the celebration of humanity's centennial in space lists encountering life on Alpha Centauri, the first men on the moon, and the Venus Terraforming Project as the three most significant events of the past century.^[1]
RSD 0/5700: Projections on the next century in space refute the possibility of discovering intelligent non-humanoid life.^[1]

RSD 0/5800: Earth's first warp capable ship, the Cochrane class U.N.S.S. Bonaventure, undergoes testing. It proves to be the remarkable craft its designers had hoped it would be.^[1]
RSD 0/5800: The Liberty class enters service. One of the first ships commissioned is the U.N.S.S. Bon Homme Richard.^[1]

RSD 0/5900: The U.N.S.S. Bonaventure begins Earth's warp drive era with a voyage to the Tau Ceti system, 12 light years from the Solar system, under the command of Captain Hadrian Huckleby.^[1]
RSD 0/5900: The United Nations mission that left Earth in 2054 arrives at Alpha Centauri, and official recognition begins.^[1]
RSD 0/5900: The Advanced Pluto Research Station opens.^[1]

**References**
↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 Goldstein, Stan and Goldstein, Fred with Sternbach, Rick. Star Trek: Spaceflight Chronology. Pocket Books, 1980. ↑ Wheeler, Wm. John with McLimore, Guy W. Jr., Poehlein, Greg K., and Tepool, David F. "Cadet's Orientation Sourcebook." Star Trek: The Role Playing Game, Book 2004A. FASA Corporation, 1983.