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PhD candidate KATE DIBIASKY, 26, dyed red hair, rides the fine line between geeky and alternative, walks up the stairs to a desk overlooking a giant telescope.
A CARL SAGAN action figure is positioned next to the computer.
Kate types coordinates. The TELESCOPE REPOSITIONS. AND THE ROOF OPENS revealing a starry night.
And for the final preparatory touch Kate puts her ear buds in and HITS PLAY ON HER PHONE.
MUSIC: WU-TANG CLAN AINT NUTHING TO F’ WIT by Wu-Tang Clan
Kate raps along under her breath. She also SELF BEEPS any questionable words without falling off the beat.
As we hear Kate rap we cut back and forth between Kate’s COMPUTER SCREEN SHOWING A HARD TO DECIPHER IMAGE and A STUNNING REAL LIFE VIEW SPACE THAT ENDS ON A LITTLE SPIRAL GALAXY.
She clicks several photos. QUICK TIME JUMP to her looking through photos but there’s....nothing.
Kate clicks through more photos. Still nothing.
She sees something else, a small smudge of light. Quickly she takes more pictures.
JUMP CUT: She walks over to a big screen and “stretches” the photo until a clearly visible “streak” is visible in the sky.
Kate gasps and steps back to confirm what she sees is real.
She stares, jaw dropped, at a giant screen of a comet.
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