Mankind's search for an inhabitable planet within reach, or at least within a single lifetimes reach, had not been realized.
The two international space stations, the Eclipser and Star 9, had over the last decade turned their research toward their own existence. The Eclipser was named for its size, and Star 9 named for its continual orbit nine hundred miles beyond the outer reaches of the Earth's atmosphere. Both stations were self-sustaining and no longer required the existence of Earth. Each had its own ecosystem and produced its own biomass fuels.
The Eclipser housed...
Mankind's search for an inhabitable planet within reach, or at least within a single lifetimes reach, had not been realized.