Cavor's messages from the moon end suddenly. Several stories are then told by students that continue Cavor's story, imagining what might have happened to him and how he survives on the moon. One story has Cavor return to Earth and reunite with his friend Bedford many years later. Bedford has been discredited after so many years of no proof of his and Cavor's story. In the end, Cavor appears and surprises Bedford, though Bedford is initially skeptical it is really him due to the many years that have passed.