Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.
It's more fun having him as everyman in the 25th Century. It is better to concentrate on what this planet will be like 500 years from now, and not be dealing with little aliens in space and all that related stuff.
Ironically, in today's marketplace successful nonfiction has to be unbelievable, while successful fiction must be believable.