[mountn man]

Ah. I need to read these things more carefully. Still, totally selfish on her part. Why on earth would you marry someone then go off on a suicide mission?

Maybe she's muslim?

[Slainte]

Perhaps she's uniquely qualified to be able to bring a specialized skill set to the trip? Oh, here it is-

"Van Meter, a political consultant, is married to Stanford and stepmother to his sons Henry, 13, and Hatcher, 11. They live in Alexandria, Virginia"

Makes perfect sense. Who wouldn't choose a political consultant to be one of the first colonist to another planet?

Sounds a little like a B-Ark I read something about once...

[Politicalkiddo]

Haven’t the Islamists banned space travel for Muslims?