Brewers decide to go for it.
John, Robert, Ellen, and Bill rendezvous on the Big Island at the Hyatt Waikoloa with several hundred extremely eager amateur astronomers who have signed up to see the Big One with Scientific Expeditions. Technical lectures on astronomy each night. Tension builds, like the days before a Super Bowl game. The night before The Big Event the weatherman says an extraordinary inversion is occurring. Amateur astronomers spend all night selecting special locations for their telescopes.