Back in the early 60's my wife and I did exactly the same. When we married we couldn't immediately afford a house and anyway I didn't know where I'd be working for a few years. Not only were we 250 m… (View Post)

Rees Mogg is out of Parliament, thankfully. How do you expect him to get back? (View Post)

I hope, for my grandchildren’s sake, that you’re right. And TBH, I think you might be. In spite, perhaps, of my previous post, I remain optimistic. (View Post)

While I agree there never was a Golden Age, I think one line in your post bears repeating and remembering: "And previous generations didn't have to contend with social media or 24hr news." (View Post)

The point was made earlier about problems with gestation in different gravity situations. Unless a colony's members can reproduce themselves then it's surely not a 'colony' but some sort of 'outstati… (View Post)