The story so farBefore scene 12
After PhD candidate Kate Dibiasky discovers a comet on a direct collision course with Earth, she and Professor Randall Mindy try to persuade a politically distracted President, a media-saturated public, and a powerful technology company to stop it before impact.
- Scenes 1–7
Kate and Randall work within the familiar routine of astronomy and university research.
- Scene 8
Independent calculations agree the comet will hit Earth in six months and fourteen days.
- Just before
- Scene 9
A captain directs Kate and Randall onto the only available flight to Washington.
- Scene 10
Kate and Randall sit alone in the vast cargo hold of the C-5.
- Scene 11
The C-5 crosses from night into day.
- Scene 12
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