This is a story about what could happen in our near future as space exploration expands. A space organization is sending four astronauts to outer space in four different spacecrafts and in four different directions to go deep into space and to report back to Earth about their discoveries. The interesting fact is that each of the astronauts are convicted criminals and are to be executed; therefore, they volunteered to explore without any expectations of returning to Earth. However, there is an unusual development because one of the space travelers is a woman and she is with child. In the meantime, an alien spaceship appears from behind the moon and enters Earth's atmosphere to take all the gold and silver that is present on Earth. While our planet is involved in these space matters, it is noticed that the sun is getting smaller and the inhabitants of Earth begin to plan to leave Earth as it is getting colder due to the shrinking sun. The president of the United States is able to converse with the leaders of the various countries to resolve these issues with the code word "Mayday."