That does explain why I can never get the hang of Thursdays

I assumed they used the transporter, none of the brigs in any show seem to have any facilities

kinda, dark energy is the unknown explanation for the expansion of the universe. Once we understand it enough to know what it is responsible for it’ll no longer be dark.

The saying goes that when the Brits were marking out Toronto the surveyor put a stake in the road and said, let’s 'ave a new road 'ere

I think you missed my point, I don’t believe we have a self sustaining population on earth (yet)

I don’t disagree that having a self sustaining population of humans somewhere other than earth will be an important milestone.

But a much more pressing milestone is a the first self sufficient population, which I don’t see mars supporting