We've grown accustomed to a great deal of control over our way of life and level of risk in the developed world. I don't think that's necessarily the right plac

We've grown accustomed to a great deal of control over our way of life and level of risk in the developed world. I don't think that's necessarily the right place to anchor expectations for exoplanetary colonization. Consider early European settlements in what became the USA. Death, dearth, and disease were the facts of life. Easy to speculate since this is likely way past any of our lifetimes, but I anticipate it will be common for entire colonies to be wiped out by starvation or disaster. Space colonization will be much easier said than done.