Modern Age Future Tech/Civic Should not add Age Progress

Twice now I have lost the game for myself by researching the Future Tech. I was building the space race projects, but before they finished I finished my Future Tech, which added 10% to the Age Progress. This caused the game to end and then I didn't have the highest score.

Now, maybe I simply need to go for the Space Race projects sooner (I put off doing the projects so I could build other stuff), but it definitely feels counterintuitive that having very high science yield can lead to losing the game for myself.