Do yourself a favor: Never watch it.

The other "comet will kill us all" movie, Deep Impact, was much better. However, in both cases, the answer is to blow the comets up with massive nukes rather than the simple solution of a slight change of delta v using much less energy.

These scenarios and others are detailed tongue-in-cheek at http://www.exitmundi.nl


>>Looks like a scene from that stupid movie Armageddon.
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>>>Next mission can't reach the space station for rescue so a second shuttle is ready to be launched as well. Unusual to see two ready to go at the same time.
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>>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/sci_nat_enl_1221863729/html/1.stm
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>I've only ever watched bits of it but I think your film criticism is spot on.