No Second Chances

Failure sets us back, pushing humanity closer into the waiting jaws of the abyss. We are the tip of the spear, and if we fail our objective and purpose, the whole is lost forever, with all that was once achieved obliterated and forgotten for all time. Perhaps nature will offer another chance in a few hundred thousands years, or perhaps never again in this solar system. The fragile strand holds for now and we can sleep safely by the precipice, but all could easily collapse in short order.