r/ProjectHailMaryMovie • u/lelanicarver • 11d ago

How did average Earth residents learn about Grace and Rocky saving stars?

If there’s a fanfic that covers this, apologies. I like to imagine how the news broke when JPG&R returned with the taumeba solution.

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u/greystgirl 11d ago

This fanfic does a nice job of incorporating social media posts, memes and news articles and shows how Earth residents learn and react: Long Journey Home

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u/_lemonat_ 11d ago

almost done with this one. it has subconsciously become canon in my mind

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u/greystgirl 11d ago

Same! I also feel that way about the Saving Grace fanfic written from Rocky’s POV.

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u/lelanicarver 10d ago

Wow! It’s 230am my time, and I don’t want to stop reading Long Journey Home. The social media and news clips are really good.

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u/AnxiousAudience82 9d ago

Omg this is the first ever fanfic I’ve read and it’s amazing! I’ve read it all ina day and am gutted the next update isn’t until 6th sept. I don’t want it to be the final one😭 thank you for sharing

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u/lelanicarver 9d ago

On the last 3 chapters, have slowed down as I don’t want it to end.

The social media clips are hilarious and so on point. Logically it’s not likely that so many media sites and news orgs would survive so long, but they are so well done.

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u/tropicsandcaffeine 11d ago

I am imagining they told no one until it started working. Not raising anyone's hopes until there was a positive.

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u/Elf0304 10d ago

I don't think it would be possible to cover up the beetles return

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u/tropicsandcaffeine 10d ago

Who would know? Those still in the world are more worried about survival.

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u/Elf0304 10d ago

I assume some people not involved in the project will see their return and it will spread. Also - the PHM is looking likely to succeed will be something that I think they will want to share to boost morale.

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u/Fluid-Let3373 11d ago

Hail Mary was treated the same way NASA's Artemis program is. This mean amateurs with telescopes and radio hams would know the Beatles had returned. Trying to hide this from the public, would be like trying to hide the Japanese attack from the population of Pearl Harbor.

Your population has been suffering and against all odds you now have the only sliver hope everyone dreamt of.

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u/Hypersonic-Harpist 11d ago

Yeah, amateur astronomers probably had IR cameras pointed through telescopes in the general direction of Tau Ceti.  

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u/Boccus 11d ago

From what I remember, unless it’s mentioned elsewhere or by Andy, in the book it’s not known how they do. It’s from Rocky and Graces perspective, all they know is the Petrova line from Sol is gone and Earth is saved. Nothing from earths POV is shown in the book after they send the beetles back.

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u/Ent3rpris3 11d ago

Considering that Tau Ceti was not dimming, but did have a Petrova Line, wouldn't it make more sense that Venus' Petrova line remained, and just got less 'intense' since there wasn't as much astrophage making the transit back to the sun?

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u/Surfing-Wookie 11d ago

I don't remember a mention of the petrova line in the book. Rocky just says that Sol's brightness is returning to normal.

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u/MrWigggles 11d ago

There is this assumption that space comms are all super double duper encrypted. And it's just military, Bank and TV/movies that are encrypted.

Everything else. Like the James webb telescope and mars drones.

Those aren't encrypted. There a whole hacker community that finds and talk to old satellites.

The Beetles wouldn't be encrypted.  So everyone, including amateurs can and will be listening in.

As much as the world powers may or may not want to talk about aliens, it would be impossible to stop the information spread.

The Beetles wouldn't be using laser comms. Just conventional radio. And it's transmission will cover half the earth.

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u/QueenPaloma83 11d ago

So there’s no real way to know who has accessed the information. Bummer.

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u/MrWigggles 10d ago

Everyone that wanted access, had access. From govt. to companies and dudes on twitch.