Judging by the introduction, I can assume that you are still open and you can even wait for me to get through the convention I'm in before trying anything?  I have certain interest, but I will not have immediate time, you see.  I'll just leave this here with a question: Technology's grown to the point of curing severe inhabilitation (lost limbs) with ease, but do we still have cybernetics?

Also, Bal, quick fix: You meant Earth was saved from becoming [i]un[/i]inhabitable.