Armageddon: Asteroid Splitting Doesn’t Work A team of grad students has called BS on Armageddon’s asteroid nuking, Earth-saving climax. Of course, this is only a surprise if you happen to ignore the rest of the movie, which is Day After Tomorrow-level unscientific. I mean, they put Bruce Willis in space, which would never happen, as he’s an official national treasure. Would we launch the Declaration of Independence into space?! Back to the bomb … Check out Jennifer Ouellette’s breakdown of the boom-boom-induced breakup, and you’ll be surprised at how much energy it would actually take to split a killer asteroid with enough force that it would miss Earth. We’re talking Sun-level energy. Essentially, picture the biggest nuclear weapon ever built. Now picture a billion of those. (via Discovery News)
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Armageddon: Asteroid Splitting Doesn’t Work

A team of grad students has called BS on Armageddon’s asteroid nuking, Earth-saving climax. Of course, this is only a surprise if you happen to ignore the rest of the movie, which is Day After Tomorrow-level unscientific. I mean, they put Bruce Willis in space, which would never happen, as he’s an official national treasure. Would we launch the Declaration of Independence into space?!

Back to the bomb …

Check out Jennifer Ouellette’s breakdown of the boom-boom-induced breakup, and you’ll be surprised at how much energy it would actually take to split a killer asteroid with enough force that it would miss Earth. We’re talking Sun-level energy.

Essentially, picture the biggest nuclear weapon ever built. Now picture a billion of those.

(via Discovery News)

Source: news.discovery.com

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  1. brandnewjones reblogged this from jtotheizzoe
  2. petrichorinspace reblogged this from jtotheizzoe and added:
    it’s unrealistic dammit! This...still second best romance movie ever. Only thing
  3. ssa-aes reblogged this from jtotheizzoe and added:
    Oh crap, here goes our asteroid-killing plan… For...more realistically (ish) survive...
  4. fleurdelise24 reblogged this from offbynone
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  7. the-mighty-ribozyme reblogged this from jtotheizzoe and added:
    LOL, Bruce Willis IS a national treasure!
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  11. scienceoftheidiot reblogged this from magicbunni and added:
    reblogging because : anything can be said about it, it’s bad, it’s stupid, it’s still one of my favourite movies *cries...
  12. vivian-h reblogged this from jtotheizzoe
  13. thegeektastichedgehog reblogged this from svetlana-trumper and added:
    I’m actually surprised we care at this point.
  14. svetlana-trumper reblogged this from sagansense and added:
    Isn’t it a Michael Bay movie? Why are we surprised?
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  19. magicbunni reblogged this from jtotheizzoe and added:
    Just give it a good tap when it’s far enough out?
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  21. berenzero reblogged this from jtotheizzoe and added:
    God, I hate that movie.
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