The International Asteroid Deflection Program (IADP) was a global body dedicated to stopping the Comet Telos from impacting with Earth at all costs. The name is similar to that of the United Nations mandated International Asteroid Warning Network, and the IADP may be a part of the UN and/or a successor to the IAWN.
There's an old Key Personnel report for PATHOS-II listing Dr. Catherine Chun and Veiga as "IADP-SCU" spokesperson and "IADP-RE" spokesperson, respectively. It is unknown however if they had worked for the IADP or PATHOS-II first, as it's possible that they had worked for the IADP originally and later Catherine received a position on PATHOS-II independent of the IADP meanwhile Veiga went back to the surface or had been positioned on the surface the entire time; which would explain why the report is the only mention of Veiga.
Despite the worldwide attempt to deflect Comet Telos, the final efforts to stop the comet officially failed with it ultimately crashing into the Pacific Ocean on Friday, January 12, 2103 at 05:13:00, a cataclysmic event which became known as the Impact Event.
Behind the Scenes[]
Originally, the IADP was going to have a bigger role in the story, with a sign of the IADP logo in both horizontal and vertical fashion being found in the game files. It seems that in early versions of the story, the comet hadn't crashed into Earth yet, and the IADP project would've been utilized to stop it from impacting Earth. Early iterations of this story would've had the ending being Simon Jarrett directing a rocket into the comet.
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