It explores everything in one book — space, existentialism, disability, environmentalism, and politics. It's the first time that my fixation on the Fermi paradox became useful to me, as the book referenced it a few times in its questioning of humanity's loneliness. This was a brilliant read, with references to past works and current events. I could not put down the first half of the book. However, exaggerations on the incompetence of the government (with ~everyone~ in authority seemingly against science, and the president having full-control on all three branches of the gov) chipped away at realism rather than contributed to it. The broadness of the book's themes is its strength as well as its weakness, as the development of its political aspect paled in comparison to the exploration of Robin's differences through his relationships with people.