( he shakes his head; it's not impossible that something like that could exist, but it seems unlikely if it was putting people that far out into space, it would be an international project. even the space station still clung to more than one nation; Russia looking upward as much as anyone else, but still reaching. )

Never heard of any group like that. We have the International Space Station doing research and staying staffed with an international crew year round, but plans beyond that?

( he lifts his shoulders in a small shrug. )