Critical Mass

When unforeseen circumstances during an innovative - and unsanctioned -commercial asteroid-mining mission leave two crew members stranded, those who make it back must engineer a rescue, all while ...

When unforeseen circumstances during an innovative - and unsanctioned -commercial asteroid-mining mission leave two crew members stranded, those who make it back must engineer a rescue, all while navigating a shifting web of global political alliances and renewed Cold War tensions. With Earth governments consumed by the ravages of climate change and unable to take the risks necessary to make rapid progress in space, the crew must build their own Nextgen spacecraft capable of mounting a rescue in time for the asteroid''s next swing by Earth. In the process they''ll need to establish the first s