Former astronaut Scott Blackstone"s dream of opening outer space to visits from everyday people is under attack. His pilot program has been marred by a fatal accident, he"s out of a job, and he"s being sued for a billions dollars. And it"s beginning to seem that the "accident" wasn"t at all accidental. Then the endless conflict between India and Pakistan heats up...and Pakistan explodes a nuclear device in the upper atmosphere, frying electronics on earth and in space, and putting the crew of the international Space Station at risk. With the Shuttle fleet grounded, only a secret skunkworks project known to Scott and his old friends can save the space station"s stranded crew. The Return is a tale about the kind of space adventure that could happen today--and that will happen tomorrow. As told by Buzz Aldrin, who"s been there...and who"s already helped change the world.