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April 3 Look at the sky!

April 3—Look at the sky! One day the world woke up To the impending end As a new asteroid. Quickly dubbed The doomsday asteroid Headed to Earth. Everyone looked up At the doomsday asteroid As the world scrambled To send space missiles To blow it away. Brazilians, Chinese, the EU, Koreans, Japanese, Iraqis, Iranians UAE, Israel,. Indians, Pakistanis, Russians, Saudis, South Africans, Russians, and Ukrainians. 50 nations all joined the IPDF. Including to everyone’s surprise The elusive enigmatic North Koreans. All join together under a newly formed. International Planetary Defense Force Under the auspices of the UN. NASA provided the executive leadership The others all provided parts of the ship, The software, hardware, and nuclear bombs. The ship would be unmanned And was launched worldwide Interest as everyone watched Hoping for the best. The bombs worked The asteroid was blown away With some minor Metroid damage The IPDF vowed to remain ever-vigilant And fully funded, with a new mission. Setting up permanent space colonies In space stations, the moon, Mars, The moons of Jupiter and Saturn. Vowing to have them set up by 2030! Using the latest AI-generated Research. The goal to have over 50,000 people Living and working off the planet. One of the rare international ventures That survived the new multi-power Global great power conflicts.

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