"Venus and the Ark" Question 1

Ashu said in his response that the scientists reported "back to the people on Earth who barely seem to care and continue on their nuclear wars". However, I think that Sexton meant to show that the people of Earth did care. Fifteen minutes of coverage on what was probably an hour long news show is actually quite a lot. It seemed to me that she meant to say that the "rival" nations were upset by the fact that another nation (America?) had beaten them to Venus and decided to nuke their enemy. At that point I think Sexton is trying to say that the people of Earth need to stop their trivial wars and work together for the greater good. If different nations continue to fight eventually nuclear weapons will be put to use and the world as we know it will be gone forever.