Self-driving cars, glasses to ward off jetlag, asteroid mining, rewilding the America west, a private space industry and the backlash against it. Kate Rauner's vision of our future permeates this story set in Spaceport America. Rob Shay is mission controller for a spacecraft headed to Jupiter. During routine calibrations along the way, Rob discovers an anomaly, a glitch in space that opens the way to another star system - but events he can't control may force him to drop his exploration. Rob and his friends carve out their lives and frustrations abound. At least he gets sympathy from his ex-girl friend. Too bad she's in Australia. Follow Rob to a future you'll live to see.