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This is where you decide now. If you are reading 
the book alone, what will you do? If you are 
reading it in a group, discuss it and take a vote – 
but you don’t have long!
If you choose to 	
If you choose to
shoot it down, 	
jam the signal, 
go to page 100. 	
go to page 105.
Good luck – the adult crew are 
depending on you!
 
doesn’t work. The crew will have brain damage, or 
even die…”
Kiran interrupts. “But what if it is aliens? What if this 
is the first contact with alien life and technology? 
Are we going to destroy it? Think what we could 
learn. It could be communicating with the crew 
right now! The jamming signal is going to work, 
Chen. I just know it. For goodness sake, we can’t 
destroy this thing.”
Sasha looks longingly at the Earth Mission Control 
screen, where it says signal lost. What would they 
say to do?
“Right. We’ll put it to a vote. Does everybody agree 
to abide by the result? I’m looking at you, Chen. I 
assume you have an abort button?”
Chen looks angry but eventually nods. “Yes, if the 
vote says we jam it, I will abort the launch.”
“Ok. All those in favour…?”

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