Stressed? Need to get away? Can’t afford to pay for a two-month vacation? Why not Mars (or at least something similar).

I’m apparently not the sort of guy who’s naturally single. I’ve been in a long-term relationship of one sort or another since I was 14 (the longest being the current), give or take, so the odds that I’d ever be in a position to be seriously interested in something like this is slim/none (reasons for which make me smile).

Still, a part of me imagines a different me with no ties and the same level of curiosity about weird projects like this, and I think that me would be sending messages off to these people right now.

The real me is going to go home in an hour, have a slice of pumpkin roll and watch Farscape.