In one of my favorite Bugs Bunny cartoons, Bugs is determined to show that rabbits are not timid creatures that can be ignored.  So, in the first recorded action of an Energizer-class bunny, Bugs uses a shovel to fill-in the Grand Canyon.  Moving east, he uses a saw to separate Florida from the mainland and kicks it out to sea.  We last see Florida drifting south, destination unknown.

As Florida struggles to find itself within the clashing contexts of NewSpace and OldSpace, it currently seems to be drifting along, space destination unknown. 

Discussions about space travel and settlement typically involve matters of science and engineering.  However, these are merely enablers that will lead to an increasingly greater number of humans living in orbit, on the Moon, on large asteroids, on Mars, and ultimately throughout the solar system.  Where people go, so goes their faith, their spiritual sense, their need for religion... and for some, none of this whatsoever.

Watching the fixation on faith that has become embedded within the Presidential debates and campaigns, I found myself pondering how space travelers and settlers would handle the practical elements of their faiths.