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It's being built in orbit

around the Earth.

And we call it the Messiah.

Right now a team of American astronauts and

one Russian are at Cape Canaveral in Florida.

In 2 months, they will leave

on the shuttle Atlantis

to board the Messiah.

This is the crew that will stop the comet.

I'd like the world to meet

some extraordinary people.

First is Mission Commander

Oren Monash.

Commander, would you

introduce us to your team?

I'd be honored, sir.

Pilot Andrea Baker.

Medical Officer Gus Partenza.

From Russia, nuclear specialist

Colonel Mikhail Tulchinsky.

Navigator Mark Simon

and Rendezvous Pilot

Spurgeon Tanner.

Hello,

Mr President.

Captain Tanner,

you flew 6 shuttle missions.

You were the last man to walk

on the moon, weren't you?

Yes, sir, but,

Oren here will be doing

most of the flying on this one.

I'll just be taking us down

to the comet's surface.

Well, it's good to know

we're going to have

your kind of experience up there, Captain.

Thank you, sir.

Godspeed to you all.

We're counting on you.

Thank you, sir.

Got Beijing, Rome,

Sao Paulo, Cairo, Berlin!

Does anyone know how big the one

was that killed all the dinosaurs?

Something majestic, mysterious,

with a fanfare for the intro

and a theme for the longer promos.

You want it hitting the goddam Earth?

Well, that's what he's saying.

Bring that up again.

It'll scare the sh*t out of them.

We will not tolerate any

disruption four way of life.

Our society will continue as normal.

Work will go on.

You will pay your bills.

There will be no hoarding.

There will be no sudden profiteering.

I'm freezing all wages, all prices.

What a bottle of water

cost you yesterday...

it will cost you tomorrow.

Now we'll take a few questions.

Mr President!

Ms Lerner.

Ahem.

Ahem. Uh, Jenny Lerner, M--MSNBC.

Jenny Lerner?

Son of a b*tch.

Um, Mr President,

why wasn't this announcement

made sooner?

Well, until we knew

we could build the rocket

and the comet could be intercepted,

we saw no reason to alarm the planet.

- Sir!

- Mr President!

Do you have another question, Ms Lerner?

Yeah. Um...

Is--Is there a connection between the comet

and the recall of American troops from abroad?

Our fighting men and women are coming home

because we felt it prudent, in light

of domestic security concerns,

to have them available.

Although I certainly hope

we don't need to use them.

Next question.

Mr President!

Actually, Mr President,

if--just one final

question, sir. Um...

MSNBC has learned that

Secretary Rittenhouse

did not leave for the reasons

announced by your administration.

In fact, isn't it true, sir, that not

everyone in your administration

is convinced that the

Messiah will save us?

Secretary Rittenhouse served

his country with full devotion.

He resigned

for personal reasons.

Now, I can promise you this,

Ms Lerner, all of you,

everyone in this room and

everyone listening to my voice,

that at some point over the next 10 months,

all of us will entertain

our worst fears and concerns.

But I can also

promise you this.

Life will go on.

We will prevail.

Mr President!

Please!

Sally.

Sir, what is the comet's name?

The 2 scientists who found the comet

were killed in a car crash

while racing from their

observatory to alert the world.

So we named it for them.

Wolf-Biederman.

Leo Biederman, they said it again.

Leo, is he talking about you?

He is, isn't he?

Can you get that, please?

Janie, get the door.

Well, we have the technology to build the ship.

They have the technology

to make it go.

There's someone at

the door for you, Leo.

You've been watching live

coverage of President Tom Beck...

I can't believe this.

This is so weird.

- Dr Wolf from Astronomy Club?

- Yeah, I guess so.

I think it's really neat.

Nobody on our block discovered

the world was gonna end before.

He's still very much alive.

He's still alive, everyone.

He's right here,

and he's still alive.

OK?

Hey, Leo, cool!

As far as we know,

what happened was that Doctor Wolf

saw the comet in my photograph,

so he shared the discovery with me,

and then he was killed in that crash and

everything got mixed up in Washington,

so the president

thought I was dead, too.

- Leo!

- Leo!

Jasmine.

How does it feel having your name on it?

I don't want anyone to think

that I'm trying to take

something away from Dr Wolf,

because I'm not, but it's kind of cool.

- Leo!

- Leo!

Jason.

You know, you're gonna

have sex a lot more now

than anyone else in our class.

Really?

Thank you for your sexual

insight, Mr Thurman.

You can sit down now.

Famous people always get sex, Mr Perry.

That's the main reason

it's good to be famous.

Fruit--a reactor, bottle--a rocket, OK?

A nuclear reactor in space?

Yes.

Isn't that dangerous?

No, no, no. This is all Russian design.

Russian science.

Uh, the same people

who designed Chernobyl.

Chernobyl?

Chernobyl almost worked.

So what happens after you plant the bomb?

Well, we have 7 hours.

We're gonna put the bombs inside the comet.

I'm gonna follow these two.

I don't trust that combination.

After 7 hours, the 14-hour rotational cycle

of the comet spins.

We're gonna get married.

God knows I want

to marry you,

but the day I get back,

the last thing I'm gonna do

is step inside of a church.

I don't do churches well.

'Cause there's only 7 hours of darkness.

Then the sun starts hitting

the surface of the planet...

These are your orders.

Upon first entering Earth's atmosphere,

proceed immediately up the exterior

of the mother ship.

When the sun hits the surface,

there's gonna be explosive out gassings

that are very dangerous--

Gus, he's 7.

Brittany.

You boys were, what,

Yeah.

Now, you saw me go into space

I came back every time, didn't l?

Yeah.

Your mother and I used to play

a game when she was still alive.

Now, the game was,

if there was a chance

I might not be coming back,

she wouldn't say it,

and I wouldn't say it.

OK?

- Yes, sir.

- Yes, sir.

Hey, Fish.

How about a beer?

You remember my boys, don't you?

Steve and Dwight.

Of course I do.

Gentlemen, welcome to Houston.

Let me steal your old man for a second.

Can I take your picture, please?

OK.

Thank you.

So, what do you think of the crew?

Heroes all.

That's the finest group

I ever had the privilege

of working with.

Yeah, yeah.

Off the record, huh?

Well, they've been trained

in ways I'll never understand.

They're smarter and in better shape

than we ever were in the old days.

They're sober, serious.

I guess I'd be a little happier

about this whole thing

if I thought that any of them

were as scared as I am.

Well, they're not scared of dyin'.

They're just scared of looking bad on TV.

Now, look, I wish I'd been to the moon.

I got respect for everybody

who's gone to the moon,

but this mission ain't going to the moon.

That's right. Frank Gifford,

he was a great football

player in his time,

but if he played now,

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