AdamArmor
David Gallagher is the lead aerospace engineer of Project Venus, an international space mission funded by all major world governments to launch on January 1st, 2100. He's devoted his entire career to designing, testing, and building the spaceship that will take humanity to Venus.
Three days before the scheduled launch in Cape Canaveral, Florida, something goes terribly wrong. David is fired from his lead role in the project, and the project is postponed by five years due to safety concerns and disagreement between world leaders.
David didn't spend the last decade of his life building humanity's greatest achievement to watch it fail from the sidelines. He was going to do something about it. After being brought to a new low, he had nothing to lose and needed to win back control.