Officer Wilkis cleared his throat. It was the first time he had dealt directly with the White House brass and he was visibly nervous, both by the occasion and by what he had to convey.
"President Gump, Advisor Tusk, the estimate of the probability of impact is 95%, that figure is in fact without taking into account the influence of other gravitational fields, but if we add these, according to the NASA report, the possibility of impact would be 99%." President Gump's face was clouded, blurred, as if his operating system had been blocked by a fatal error.
A minute passed before one of the top secretaries took the initiative to say something in the face of the president's inaction.
"What chances do we have of destroying or diverting it?" asked Undersecretary Warren.
"None, sir; According to NASA, any space mission we could launch would only arrive in time to impact when the object was relatively close to Earth," said Wilkis.
