[ WP ] Aboard the International Space Station , looking back at Earth , you see atomic explosions detonating across North America .

`` All right, guys, load up.'' Shepard said. This was it. The ISS was being decommissioned. My colleague Jack and myself went to the pod. `` Come on, Sam.'' `` One minute, Shepard.'' I looked back and saw the remnants of the station. What work we had accomplished! I was proud, of myself and my colleagues. Finally, i boarded the pod. `` Disengaging now.'' The pod floated openly into space, the Nav pointed towards the earth. We all crowded about the window, as it would be the last time we saw the earth from afar. Then we saw it. The first flash was around Washington D.C. Then all the major cities, New York, Chicago, LA. We were frantic for a second, trying to reset the Nav or make it go somewhere else, make it BACK. But it was too late. All we could do was sit and wait as the pod floated towards Armageddon. There was nothing we could do. 
 
 Nothing.
