Pen and their father have travelled back to Earth from Callisto. When they arrive, Pen discovers their comms device isn't working, and is concerned that a radiation wave has caused problems back home.

When Pen tries to fix the comms device, they hear a strange rhythmic sound coming from it.

Determined to figure it out, Pen seeks the help of an android to help decipher the mysterious sound.

Earthbound explores transportation and telecommunication.

Read Earthbound at:  www.futureyouaustralia.com.au/imagining-the-future/earthbound

Earthbound is the final story of Imagining The Future, a five-episode series of STEM-inspired fiction, specially commissioned for Future You. The five stories (The Callistan Cycle) chart the establishment of humanity’s first deep space outpost, on Callisto, the second largest moon of Jupiter. Each story comes as a full downloadable text and a thrilling dramacast, featuring five of Australia’s hottest young actors. And there’s lots of other fun Far Out! things to do, too. 

Find out more at https://www.futureyouaustralia.com.au/imagining-the-future/ 

See you in the future! 

Earthbound by Alison Evans
Dramacast Read by Janet Anderson
Story Editor Kate Whitfield 
Artwork by Christine Le
Sound Design by Weronika Raźna 
Produced by Dan Prichard 
Directed by Dan Prichard and Weronika Raźna 

Imagining The Future is a program of Future You, an initiative of the Office of the Women In STEM Ambassador. 

Earthbound (C) Alison Evans 2023

There’s a view of Jupiter out of the skylight. It’s clear enough to see the clouds shifting across its surface. My mathematics classroom is at half capacity, and the only person in the front row coughs three times before raising his hand.' 

Tanner’s house is on the outskirts of the lunar town on Callisto. The dome’s edge sits just behind his backyard. Tanner has been noticing that lots of people in the town are getting sick. Some mysterious illness is plaguing his community.

Tanner’s sister Rachel thinks she knows what’s causing it and takes Tanner on an eye-opening adventure where they discover a lot more than just the cause of the illness. 

Read Proof at: www.futureyouaustralia.com/imagining-the-future/proof/

Proof is the fourth story of Imagining The Future, a five-episode series of STEM-inspired fiction, specially commissioned for Future You. The five stories (The Callistan Cycle) chart the establishment of humanity’s first deep space outpost, on Callisto, the second largest moon of Jupiter. Each story comes as a full downloadable text and a thrilling dramacast, featuring five of Australia’s hottest young actors. And there’s lots of other fun Far Out! things to do, too. 

Find out more at https://futureyouaustralia.com/imagining-the-future/

See you in the future! 

Proof by Gary Lonesborough
Dramacast Read by Joseph Althouse 
Story Editor Kate Whitfield 
Artwork by Aaron Kennedy 
Sound Design by Weronika Raźna 
Produced by Dan Prichard 
Directed by Dan Prichard and Weronika Raźna 

Imagining The Future is a program of Future You, an initiative of the Office of the Women In STEM Ambassador. 

Proof (C) Gary Lonesborough 2023

'The one good thing about Semper, Shang thought, was that it didn’t drool like Earth dogs did.'

Shang travelled to Callisto on the Hohmann transfer from Earth, which took almost six years. She sacrificed everything for the chance to explore distant moons for resources and critical minerals, but she gets paired with a Drobo called Semper that always wants to play, like a real dog. Shang doesn't have time for games, so why was she paired with such a useless Drobo?

Semper explores robotics, AI and mineral exploration.