Armageddon Page #2

Now what the hell is it?

lt's a meteor shower.

That's what took out the shuttle.

- He's waiting for you.

- What's the death toll?

l've got the President

on Air Force One demanding answers.

ls it over?

General, we've got 11,000 people at NASA

trying to figure that out right now.

When we know, you'll know.

Okay, Karl, listen.

l want you to take your time.

Yes, sir. You are definitely the first.

Okay, first coordinate.

One-two-three-nine. 1239, right?

- FBl locked his location.

- Saw an explosion in space.

- Okay.

- The last one--

- Now, listen, Karl, this is top secret.

- Sir, l'm retired Navy.

l know all about classified.

But one more thing. The person

that finds her gets to name her, right?

- Yes, that's right. That's right.

- l want to name her Dottie,

after my wife.

- She's a vicious, life-suckin' b*tch

from which there's no escape.

- That's-- That's sweet, Karl.

S.D.l., this is Flight Director.

l want to get that Hubble movin',

and l want it now.

Roger that.

We're movin' the Hubble!

- lt's enormous.

- This is the anomaly at 1643.

Here is the anomaly at 1658.

And here is the anomaly at 1700.

Enough with this

''anomaly'' horseshit!

- What is this thing?

- lt's an asteroid, sir.

How big are we talking?

Sir, our best estimate

is 97.6 billion--

- lt's the size of Texas, Mr President.

- Y-Y-Yes, sir.

Dan, we didn't

see this thing coming?

Well, our object collision

budget's a million dollars.

That allows us to track

about three percent of the sky.

- And begging your pardon, sir,

but it's a big-ass sky.

- And the ones this morning?

Uh, those are nothing.

Uh, they're the size of basketballs...

and, uh, Volkswagens,

things like that.

ls this going to hit us?

- We're efforting that as we speak, sir.

- What kind of damage are we--

Damage?

Total, sir.

lt's what we call a global killer.

The end of mankind.

Doesn't matter where it hits.

Nothing would survive,

not even bacteria.

My God. What do we do?

We have 18 days

before it hits Earth.

- Have mercy.

- Rise and shine!

Stop the drilling!

Stop the drilling! Stop the drilling!

- Fore!

- Stop the drilling!

Stop the drilling!

Stop the drilling!

- Hey!

- Hey, that was close!

l gave you 50,000 a year in donations!

What do you think they're

so mad about, Chick?

Well, l think they feel that

drilling for oil is an evil thing.

Do you know how much diesel

that clunker boat pumps out in an hour?

You know, l just found out

something interesting.

- Number two chewed 180 feet last night.

- Who do we have to thank for this?

Well, l'll give you two guesses,

but you're only gonna need one.

Goddam it, A.J.!

A.J.!

A.J.!

A.J., you in here?

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