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

I could watch as the flashes happen before my eyes on the planet below. I could say some Hestonesque quote about how they finally did it, but why? I know what is happening below. We ’ ve been expecting this for months; the rising tensions, the paranoia and fear…I wonder why they bothered to send us up here in the first place if they had a hunch that this could happen. 
 
 As I float here and contemplate my situation, I have one thing figured out; we, my crew and I are going to die. Millions are being snubbed out in an instant as we speak; in the following days, it will be tens of millions from burns and fractures; in weeks it will be radiation sickness; in months it will be nuclear winter and starvation. I seriously doubt anyone is going to take the time to send a shuttle to get us. Why would I want them to? To die an agonizing death caused by the hubris of man? Nope, I ’ m going to go out my own way…time to power down the CO2 scrubbers. Night folks. 

