![]() ![]() By the middle of the 23rd century, one could ride a tour through the nearby stars, but that was about it. ![]() Furthermore, the difficulties involved in establishing a self-supporting human settlement in an alien biosystem or in a completely sterile environment were daunting. Colonization never became practical: It required vast expenditures of resources with little to be gained. The interstellar age is effectively over. The museum remains intact, and visitors occasionally stroll past the Morning Pool and the South Wall, on which are engraved the names of all those who gave their lives on Academy missions. Similar fates have overtaken its European and Asian counterparts. The Academy has been converted into a retirement complex. ![]() Preview: Academy Series concludes with Cauldron, by Jack McDevitt Next Up: Academy series concludes with Cauldron Jack McDevitt ![]()
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