Brittan's World

The year is 2037 and I've come to visit Brittan for her 40th birthday. She's been living on Mars for a decade, but it's still fairly expensive to visit. Mars is one of those places where you might die on the way and, if you're not careful, you might die while you're there. I'm looking forward to seeing her chickens because they're fully flying there. And the eggs are apparently bigger because gravity is less. We'll see. Her geologic survey of the planet was instrumental in identifying the resources that her company now exploits. Water is like gold there. Her children have only known the Martian life, but I'm hoping we can steal them for the summer as my own parents used to when they get a bit older. This will be our first time meeting them in the flesh! Most of all, I'm proud Brittan has taken our genes outside of Earth's gravitational well and increased the survival probability of our species. A great adventure indeed!

26 Januar 2018

This week Brittan got accepted to grad school and took a big step closer toward this future reality she's been dreaming about for years. Well, I infected her with my meme of my dream of retiring on the moon and she took it to new heights. So long as Elon Musk is running the planet's space program I'd say her dreams have a good chance of becoming reality. Her first acceptance is just the beginning of the journey, of course. There will likely be others and then she'll have to decide the best fit between her priorities and theirs. Congratulations, Brittan! I'm very proud of you.