Isolation and loneliness are hard enough to deal with when you’re on Earth. If you’re isolated and alone in the far reaches of space, well…that’s another matter. You could be low on resources, for example, or your gear is malfunctioning, or you’re lost and drifting aimlessly through space. Who would help you? Who even knows you’re out there? Or even worse — you could discover you are not alone, but it’s definitely not the kind of company you were looking for. What’s that Alien quote? “In space, no one can hear you scream?” Yeah, that’s the one.
