What "Armageddon" got right about space drilling, and

Amy Choi talked to van Oort about the space drilling technology in "Armageddon." The following is an edited transcript of their conversation.

In Armageddon (1998), Ben Affleck spent a month on

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NASA devises a plan to prevent global annihilation using a deep core drilling team to train astronauts in how to destroy it. With time running out, the decision is made to send the

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Epic Fail: The NASA crew can build the drilling rig from the patents, but when it doesn''t work they can''t figure out that it''s because they put in a defective

Armageddon Armadillo Asteroid Rover Drilling Rig Toy

Used with parts missing armadillo asteroid rover toy from the Armageddon film Missing the drill rig arm cockpit cover and centre hatch lid Please study the photos and

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The loss of signal also means that, with the drilling going badly, the President only has a few minutes to decide whether to initiate the Secondary

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By drilling deep enough to expose or come within a short distance of the fault, the explosion would be sufficient enough to crack the asteroid the rest of the way.

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Armageddon is a 1998 American science fiction disaster film directed by Michael Bay and co-produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. The film follows a group of blue-collar deep-core drillers sent by NASA to destroy a gigantic asteroid, which is the size of Texas, on a collision course with Earth. It stars an ensemble cast including Bruce Willis with Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton, Peter Stormare

How ''Armageddon'' anticipated the BP crisis

A floating drilling rig operated by British Petroleum exploded in the Gulf of Mexico not long ago. Now endless gallons of loose oil are killing fish in the water, wildlife on shore,

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Anybody wanna say no?" They''re the words of Harry Stamper (playedby Bruce Willis) to his fellow oil rig workers in Armageddon. Advertisement Advertise

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Armageddon: Directed by Michael Bay. With Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler. After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will impact Earth in less

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Here, asteroid pieces pummel the World Trade Center in what is now a slightly unnerving image, and Bruce Willis flips golf balls at protesters

''Deepwater Horizon'' honors oil rig workers but

The new movie ''Deepwater Horizon'' depicts the blowout that triggered the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. A professor of petroleum

Bruce Willis and his Armageddon Drilling Team

As a gigantic asteroid is hurtling through space towards earth, Bruce Willis and his team of oil drillers are called upon to save planet Earth by drilling a hole in the asteroid

[Armageddon] Why would NASA hire some random drillers

There was a line in the movie where NASA called everyone in the drilling business and every one said that Bruce Willis and his team were the best and successfully drilled in areas where it was

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Repeatedly throughout Armageddon, Harry refers to his crew as a group of "roughnecks," and while that''s a standard term for people who work on oil rigs, it also

Ocean Monarch: Gigantic rig floating off Perth starred in Armageddon

The nearly 40,000-tonne giant, one of 19 drilling rigs owned by Texas-based Diamond Offshore, can operate in seas up to 3km deep and drill 10km under the surface and

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The men are introduced to a massive, tank-like drilling rig called the ''Armadillo'', one of which will be carried on each Shuttle, and the men outfit the Armadillos

Drilling rig''s presence in Hobart sparks fears for

A drilling platform that featured as the backdrop to Bruce Willis in the 1998 Hollywood blockbuster Armageddon is being parked in waters near

Armageddon (1998): Iconic Dialogues, Powerful

In the years since its release, "Armageddon" has become a cultural touchstone, often referenced in popular media and parodied for its

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Armageddon is a 1998 American science fiction disaster film produced and directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and released by Touchstone Pictures.