Not quite sure that was the message of Seveneves; there was quite a bit of rancor and political sniping that escalated to a horrible climax once the mission was

Not quite sure that was the message of Seveneves; there was quite a bit of rancor and political sniping that escalated to a horrible climax once the mission was already underway. A 'humanity at its best and worst' book, as Stephenson is fond of making.