There is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.' -Robert A. Heinlein, from Time Enough for Love. Be Prepared - Or Die! Bill Lermer travels with his father, stepmother and stepsister to colonize a Jovian moon in the process of being terraformed. Out here, self-reliance is the key to survival-and Bill finds that his Boy Scout motto isn't merely a pretty saying. It's a necessary rule for survival! This is it: what we think is the