Cosmonaut Keep tells the story of Matt Cairns, in mid-21st century communist E.U., and his descendent, Geregor Cairns, 200 years later, on a planet called Mingulay. In Matt's story, he is a computer programmer and hacker. He receives a disc of encrypted information from an American spy and friend. At the same time the E.U. government announces that first contact has been made with an alien intelligence living in an asteroid in the Kuiper belt. When Matt cracks the code, he finds plans for what seems to be a UFO. The government gets wind of what's happening and Matt runs to the US and later to the asteroid. There, he and the scientists who have been communicating with the aliens begin to build the ship.
Gregor is a biology student and his family is part of the group occupying Cosmonaut Keep. Since the arrival of the original cosmonauts, they have been working to complete the Great Work, working out human navigation between the stars. When Gregor makes a breakthrough, he goes on a quest for confirmation of his findings and the equipment to finally finish the Great Work.
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