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==Plot==
==Plot==
Kate Dibiasky, a graduate student in [[astronomy]] at [[Michigan State University]] doing work with the [[Subaru Telescope]], discovers a previously unknown [[near-Earth object]]. Her professor, Dr. Randall Mindy, calculates that the comet will impact Earth in about six months, and is large enough to cause an [[extinction event]]. Accompanied by scholar Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe, Kate and Randall present their findings to the [[White House]] but are met with apathy from [[President of the United States|President]] Janie Orlean and her son, [[White House Chief of Staff|Chief of Staff]] Jason Orlean.
Kate Dibiasky, a graduate student in [[astronomy]] at [[Michigan State University]] doing work with the [[Subaru Telescope]], discovers a previously unknown [[near-Earth object]]. Her professor, Dr. Randall Mindy, calculates that the comet will impact Earth in about six months, and is large enough to cause an [[extinction event]]. Accompanied by [[Planetary Defense Coordination Office]] head Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe, Dibiasky and Mindy present their findings to the [[White House]] but are met with apathy from [[President of the United States|President]] Janie Orlean and her son, [[White House Chief of Staff|Chief of Staff]] Jason Orlean.
Oglethorpe urges Dibiasky and Mindy to leak the news to the media. The duo appear on Brie Evantee and Jack Bremmer’s [[Breakfast television|morning talk show]] to warn the public. When the hosts do not take the threat seriously, Dibiasky loses her composure and rants about the threat, prompting widespread online mockery. Dibiasky’s boyfriend dumps her by publicly denouncing her, while Mindy receives public approval. The news story about the comet’s threat receives little public attention, while the threat of the comet is publicly denied by Orlean’s Director of NASA, a top [[Campaign finance in the United States|donor]] to Orlean with no past background in aeronautics.
Oglethorpe urges Dibiasky and Mindy to leak the news to the media. The duo appear on Brie Evantee and Jack Bremmer’s [[Breakfast television|morning talk show]] to warn the public. When the hosts do not take the threat seriously, Dibiasky loses her composure and rants about the threat, prompting widespread online mockery. Dibiasky’s boyfriend dumps her by publicly denouncing her, while Mindy receives public approval. The news story about the comet’s threat receives little public attention, while the threat of the comet is publicly denied by Orlean’s Director of NASA, a top [[Campaign finance in the United States|donor]] to Orlean with no past background in aeronautics.
When Orlean becomes involved in a sex scandal, she confirms the threat of the comet to divert attention, and announces a project to launch a spacecraft that can strike and divert the comet. The spacecraft successfully launches, but is forced to turn back by Orlean when Peter Isherwell, the tech billionaire CEO of BASH and another of Orlean’s top donors, discovers that the comet is composed of trillions of dollars’ worth of precious minerals that have become scarce on Earth. The White House agrees to commercially exploit the comet by splitting it into fragments that can be recovered from the ocean using untested technology provided by BASH.
When Orlean becomes involved in a sex scandal, she diverts attention and improves her approval ratings by confirming the threat of the comet and announcing a project to launch a spacecraft that can strike and divert the comet. The spacecraft successfully launches, but is forced to turn back by Orlean when Peter Isherwell, the tech billionaire CEO of BASH and another of Orlean’s top donors, discovers that the comet is composed of trillions of dollars’ worth of precious minerals that have become scarce on Earth. The White House agrees to commercially exploit the comet by splitting it into fragments that can be recovered from the ocean using untested technology provided by BASH.
The White House sidelines Dibiasky and Oglethorpe, while hiring Mindy as National Science Advisor. Dibiasky reveals the plan to let the comet hit Earth, sparking riots worldwide. Orlean’s administration threatens Dibiasky into silence. Mindy becomes a prominent voice advocating for the comet’s commercial opportunities and begins an affair with Evantee. The world becomes ideologically divided between those who demand the total destruction of the comet, those who decry unjustified alarmism and believe the mining of the comet will create jobs, and those who deny that the comet even exists.
The White House sidelines Dibiasky and Oglethorpe, while hiring Mindy as National Science Advisor. Dibiasky reveals the plan to let the comet hit Earth, sparking riots worldwide. Orlean’s administration threatens Dibiasky into silence. Mindy becomes a prominent voice advocating for the comet’s commercial opportunities and begins an affair with Evantee. The world becomes ideologically divided between those who demand the total destruction of the comet, those who decry unjustified alarmism and believe the mining of the comet will create jobs, and those who deny that the comet even exists.