Emergency Skin

Nice short story set in the semi-distant future wherein a colony sends an expedition back to Earth, thought to be long dead, in search of technology essential to keep their “colony” alive. It gets a little political, but it's not too bad, all things considered. The concept is worthwhile to explore.

This collection/anthology of short stories based on major future technologies and how they might affect our society has been very nice. They're all available on Kindle Unlimited with the Audiobook version included.