Leaving Home Forever

"We were told to leave the only home we ever knew. We were told the Earth was finished with us. We were lied to."

Imagine a global alert appearing on every phone, television, and billboard at the exact same second. The message is simple and terrifying: Earth is dying. Its core is failing, and the surface will be uninhabitable within twelve months. Humanity has one year to board massive transport ships and flee to a distant, cold moon.

For Sami Rahardjo, a logistics officer in the humid, crowd...