That's what I'm talking about!

Just for the record, I'm no smarter than anybody that's smart enough to find and read this blog. I just have an interest (actually more like an agenda) and I'm trying to drive my point home.
What's my agenda? This guy comes pretty close to summing it up:
http://www.space.com/adastra/adastra_tradesmen_050330.html
(By the way, regolith is scientist-speak for "dirt" from another planet.)

He's hit the nail on the proverbial head. We need to start thinking about our future, because it has arrived.
We have a date with destiny. This may sound far-out to some of you, even unbelievable, but I believe we need to take control of our entire Solar System and claim it for the human race. Those seven planets we all know and love? They could be easily erased by an asteroid, (just because we don't live on them doesn't mean we could go-on living if one of the other planets wasn't there) claimed by another species of alien,(you think we're alone in the Universe? Then why are you even reading this?) or simply slip back into the realm of Unknown Worlds for us to fear and/or worship. (Mars: So long Red Planet, hello God of War.)
Like it or not, the Earth is small and it's getting smaller. Not everyone is interested in leaving, but some of us are. Some of us are ready to sacrifice the fresh air, trees and oceans of water to spend a few years, heck the rest of our lives, trying to eke out a living from a new world or some space station parked at Lagrange 1 (http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/iss_imagined.html.)
That's what our ancestors did. On this continent, and all others; in the towns and cities and empires that rose and fell and succession, we have fought and died and made our existence here as permanent as possible.
My grandfather came to the United States from Italy not because he heard it was easy. He came because he had a chance, albeit a small one, but a chance nonetheless to live his life as he wished, a free man.
As the world grows smaller we are going to be forced to face some harsh realities about the human species and its place in the Universe. Realities that many of us have been hiding from, afraid we aren't good enough or smart enough to be involved in the Next Great Exodus of Humankind.
This Destiny is not meant for a single human being, however, it is intended for the entire species. So shout it from the rooftops, encourage your children and grandchildren and your neighbors children (wouldn't be nice if they went to the Moon?), and get the word out:
They're looking for a few good Human Beings.