I'm tentatively inclined to go with you, on this....

One still has to ask what it is about post-singular existence that dissuades interstellar travel, or any other clear manifestation of one's existence over those distances,

Don't confuse 'right' with 'possibly inevitable...'

"Exactly! Why come this far for resources when they can acquire them much easier on other planets/moons. "

You're not likely to get a common word as a trademark, unless it's an unusual spelling of it. (yeah, yeah, I know. Microsoft Windows) but you can't bitch if anyone uses it in a clearly non-computer context, either. (Imagine even Microsoft trying to take on every manufacturer of house and structural windows...)

And speaking of 'super hero,' I remember this Dell comics title (and it is the outright title) from the late 60's, which even at the time, I thought was an awfully 'generic' title for a comic series.

And with the balls to take on Disney, the master of IP protection, and very deep pockets...

"That's why Kimberly-Clark would really like you to stop using the word "kleenex" when you mean "facial tissue"..."

There's no free oxygen around to support torching anything.

(sigh) Houston, you have a problem...

So, Coronal Mass Ejections are...farts?

Um, that would be exactly why there's a 'scant chance' of this...

Don't misunderstand, I loved it, bought the DVD, but they were clearly were a Fantastic Four rip-off...

Maybe, but I must think that all the other times, she at least saw it...coming.

Would this also apply to every other carnivore on the planet?

Already TMI, huh...?

I wish I could say it was original, but it was a joke read in Playboy in the 70's that stayed with me all these years...just waiting for this moment, it seems.

"THEN what do we do?"

I should add the possibility of a landing in international waters, say, mid-Pacific. Almost everyone has a shot at getting there on their own.

Then that's...