Deception Point #5

When Michael sees the glowing water he know what the culprit is. He explains that flagellates were in the water and they were making it glow. He tests the water for salt and it is present. The water is supposed to be fresh so this is very bad for the credibility of NASA. Dr. Mangor is very skeptical because her tests showed that the ice was a solid chunk, and there were no cracks for the plankton to get in. Rachel suggests the theory that the plankton were frozen in the hole and were still living when thawed out. Since everyone is so skeptical as to what is going on the group of Dr. Mangor, Corky, Michael, and Rachel travel outside the habishpere to get data on the glacier. Gabrielle Ashe finds out that the secret person who invited her to a meeting at the White House is Marjorie Tench herself. Marhorie says that she has been supplying the anti-NASA e-mails the whole time, and she has evidence to prove that private space companies are funding Senator Sextons election illegally. Marjorie Tench offers Gabrielle some hope. Marjorie says that Gabrielle can be free from the implications of Senator Sexton's crimes if she comes out and says that she had an affair with him. As the group is traveling outside of the habisphere they leave flares to show how to get back. Right after Gabrielle denies the affair Marjorie pulls out the pictures that were evidence of it, and tells Gabrielle to either sign that she had an affair with Senator Sexton, or have the naughty pictures sent to the press. as they get out they set the scanner on the ice and it starts working. Rachel and Dr. Mangor on two seperate occasions notice the flares go out and go back on again. When the results appear they show Dr. Ming's lifeless body half-way down the hole and Dr. Mangor realizes the "meteorite" was put up through the bottom of the ice! A Delta One team member tells his supervisor that the secret has been compromised.

-Scott