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The discovery creates a media frenzy, drawing in experts, national security, and religious factions all reacting to the implication of extraterrestrial life. A televised reception of a historic transmission sends shockwaves, as the aliens return a recording of Hitler’s speech from the Olympics—a poignant reminder of humanity's own dark history.
Amidst the hysteria, Ellie is caught in a whirlwind of governance, science, and ethics. Just as she rises to prominence, the intricacies of faith, politics, and individual belief systems are thrust to the forefront—Palmer becomes a symbolic figure representing balance and conflict. The passionate debates culminate in a project to build a spacecraft capable of delivering a human traveler to the stars.