Chapter 12: I found this journal after Dad passed on. Oh by the way I'm a James too.
It seems like all Dad did was have children with his first and second wives. I'm the youngest of the second bunch. I have nine older brothers and sisters.
Dad worked in the propulsion section all his life. Grandfather James wrote that his life was boring. Well, after checking the official history nothing much has happened. Two suitable planets were discovered and colonies started. There is a group wanting to go back and visit those colonies. I've considered joining them.
The government council finally gave us approval to return to visit the colonies. They will give us one of the older habitats, but we must repair it and have a minimum crew of at least 800 plus all the other job specialties needed to efficiently operate the habitat. A stupid requirement since we all know that without a well trained crew we are doomed to failure. We now have 427 members of the group that want to visit the colonies.