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Nothing is going to happen on the colony front unless and until we have spacecraft that can take us there. Do we have those now, and if not, how far away are they? I’m going to focus on SpaceX hardware because they are the only people who have built at least partly reusable ships that […]

That seemed like a pretty straightforward question until I tried to answer it. We have tons of work camps in Canada. When travel times are too long for daily commutes to make economic sense, employers establish places for their workers to live for limited time periods, such as 2 weeks working/ 2 weeks off. Over

There ARE other places out there in the Solar System where humans might be able to live long-term. Here’s a few of them to consider, working our way from the bottom of the Sun’s gravity well outwards. . It contains large quantities of hydrated minerals and clays, is very carbon-rich, and is estimated to be

Mars is a unique place for us. It is the only ‘rocky’ planet (not a gas giant like Jupiter or Saturn) that can be easily reached (‘easy’ is a relative term), and has areas where we can survive with minimal protection (‘minimal’ is a relative term). Is it a safe place? Certainly not. Tornados. Earthquakes.

This is our first serious step away from Earth. It’s 400,000 kilometers away, a minimum 7-day one-way trip, and it has its own gravity well. In Earth Orbit, if you want to go home, you just slow down a bit, and gravity will always take you home. Not so with Luna; a ship leaving Low

Every two-body system (eg Sun-Earth, Earth-Moon) has five Lagrange Points, which are stable or semi-stable ‘parking points’ where the gravity of the two bodies roughly balances each other out. L1 and L2 are directly in front of and behind the smaller body, respectively. L3 is behind the larger body. L4 and L5 are 60 degrees

So, if we’re going to leave and not come back, where would we go? What are our options? It’s easy to say “The sky is the limit!”, but in reality, physics and technology set the limits, and in today’s world, that gives us a somewhat narrow range of options. They are the Earth-Moon System, which

Why on Earth would I leave Earth? To some people, that will sound like a silly question, but to others it won’t. Right now, I’m sitting on a perfectly acceptable planet, watching a couple of Yellow-winged Caciques squabble over a piece of fruit while I drink my coffee and plan my day.  Should I go

Say, Debbi. Do those look Like Cows To You? Wood Buffalo National Park is THE largest national park in Canada. You can do every outdoor sport known to man here. And guess what, it has the largest herd of bison in the world. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park is huge ..

july 26 – Fort Smith Hay River to Fort Smith to Fort Fritzgerald & back to Hay River This trip took us several days. There are NO services from Hay River to either of these communities, so make sure you gas up. If you are pulled over, everyone stops to see if you are ok.