Hi! Thanks for coming this far!

I’m going to write about a lot of things here, but ultimately they all refer back to humankind’s place in the universe. That’s a theoretical question, by the way. While academics and visionaries are pontificating about whether we should colonize space and the other planets, farmers, pipefitters, and electricians will be loading their tools into spaceships and heading out there. Because that’s what we do. People are living in Tuktoyaktuk, for Pete’s sake.

Why are they there? Because after a bunch of them died trying, the survivors figured out how to make it work. We’re a colonizing species. So, I’m not going to talk about whether we should go, because we will. And many of us will die. And the survivors will own the place. That’s how it’s always worked, and it shows no sign of changing. What I’m going to talk about here is how. Is it even possible?

I’m sure that you have all read, or at least scanned the headlines of, the scary articles about how we’ll all explode or melt or die of radiation poisoning or our bones will dissolve the minute we leave Earth. Most of it is BS. Some of it is true. So, what is REALLY like out there, and are there things we can do to protect ourselves from the scary stuff? Make no mistake, it’s a tough neighbourhood out there. Can we survive? Can we thrive? Read along and decide for yourself!