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Asteroid (1997) (TV)

With the discovery of an incoming asteroid, the government of America formulate a plan to destroy it. When the plan fails, all the world can do is wait. The main impact zone is revealed to be Dallas, Texas. Generally, the plot follows the lives and reactions of several characters: an astronomer, her father, her son, two firefighters from Kansas, two young doctors in Dallas and the heads of the government agency in charge of the situation. Written by P. Wong {pwong@nt.net}

Asteroid! The Doomsday Rock (2003) (TV_CBC)
In hopes of being the first geologist on the moon, Eugene Shoemaker became an expert in impact craters. After studying craters produced by atomic bomb tests, Gene realized, contrary to current geological thought, that the Earth has been bombarded in the past by large objects from space. These impacts produced huge craters such as the ones in Arizona and the Ries Basin in Germany. After being rejected by the astronaut program for medical reasons, he and his wife Carolyn started a telescope search for near-Earth objects that could pose a collision threat. Working with astronomer David Levy, they found quite a few comets and asteroids, including the famous comet Shoemaker-Levy-9 which collided with Jupiter. Could Earth be next in this cosmic shooting-gallery? And what could we do about it, if anything?
Written by yortsnave

Cosmic Travelers: Comets and Asteroids (1997) (TV)
The outer space is full of comets and asteroids. This rock fragments, million years ago, gave to the humanity water and the necessary elements for the birth of the life in Earth, but too can kill us with a impact against the surface of our planet more potent than a hundred H-bombs. This documentary analyze the danger of the space corps and as defeat with satellites armed with nuclear missiles, and finally too analyze the benefit of use It in the future space colonization, exploding them against other planets for create water in his surface and do them apt for the humanity, turning in our new homes.
Written by Ivan Sanluis Garcia

Without Warning (1994) (TV)

A television program is interupted by a news network announcing that three meteors have hit the United States, France and China. At first it seems natural but after interviews by scientists and eyewitness seems to suggest that it is not. Three more meteors are coming and the various Earth governments combine forces to stop them. Written by {cs_rapozo@hccadb.hcc.hawaii.edu} (Helen Rapozo)

Armageddon (1998/I)
It is just another day at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a few astronauts were repairing a satellite until, out of nowhere, a series of asteroids came crashing into the shuttle, destroying it. These asteroids also decimated New York soon thereafter. Then, NASA discovered that there is an asteroid roughly the size of Texas heading towards the Earth, and when it does hit the Earth, the planet itself and all of its inhabitants will be obliterated, worse, the asteroid will hit the Earth in 18 days. Unfortunately, NASA's plans to destroy the asteroid are irrelevant. That is when the U.S. military decides to use a nuclear warhead to blow the asteroid to pieces. Then, scientists decide to blow the asteroid with the warhead inside the asteroid itself. The only man to do it, is an oil driller named Harry Stamper and his group of misfit drillers and geologists. As he and his drill team prepare for space excavation, the asteroid is still heading towards the Earth. When the crew are launched into outer space, they are determined to destroy this asteroid.
Written by John Wiggins

Due to a shuttle's unfortunate demise in outer space, NASA becomes aware of a doomsday asteroid that is on a collision course with Earth. It seems that the only way to knock it off course is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear weapon. But as NASA's under-funded yet resourceful team train the world's best drillers for the job, the social order of the world begins to break down as the information reaches the public and hysteria results. As high-ranking officials play politics with the effort, the drilling team all faces deep personal issues which may jeopardize humanity's last chance...
Written by Paul Cezanne {Cezanne36@hotmail.com}

A giant, global-killing asteriod, like the one that killed off the dinosaurs 65 million years ago is 18 days away from hitting the Earth. NASA's been caught with their pants down and needs a new plan to stop the rock. They enlist the help of Harry Stamper, an expert deep core driller, to train their astronauts and help them drill into the asteroid and plant a nuclear bomb. But Harry figures the astronauts can't be trained in time and opts to go with his own oil drilling crew.
Written by Kevin Gillease {gillease@scf.usc.edu}

A huge Comet is headed for earth. As it does not consist of one big piece, but of a cloud of rather small pieces plus a main rock the size of Texas, little impacts are recorded long before the big one is scheduled for collision with earth. Harry S. Stamper and his drill team are selected to land on the main comet as they are the only ones who can work the special drill Harry developed. Their mission is to drill 800 ft. into the comet to place a nuclear explosive device. The explosion of the bomb will break the comet in two, and the two pieces will pass earth on both sides. This task has to be accomplished before a certain "dead" line, or the comet parts will not fly by, but hit earth.
Written by Julian Reischl {julianreischl@mac.com}

After New York City is damaged by hundreds of small meteorites, NASA discovers an asteroid the size of Texas is on a collision course with Earth. They recruit the best deep core driller in the world, Harry Stamper, to train astronauts who will go to the asteroid, drill into the center and detonate a nuclear warhead. Harry says he can't train men how to drill in ten days, so he brings in his own team of roughnecks to learn to become astronauts and get the job done. One of his team is the fiancé of his own daughter.
Written by Jason Ihle {jrihl@conncoll.edu}

Falling Fire (1998)
In the not so distant future mankind has squandered their resources. A team of specialists is sent to the nearby asteroid field to retrieve an asteroid that will serve to replenish some of our natural resources. However, unbeknownst to the team, there is a killer on board determined to take control of the asteroid and destroy all mankind.
Written by Anonymous

Judgment Day (1999)
Cultists with an enigmatic leader (Mario Van Peebles) seize the only man capable of devising a way to stop a giant meteor from hitting the Earth. Agents (Suzy Amis, Ice-T) are then sent to his rescue... Written by John Sacksteder
{jsackste@bellsouth.net}

3 Minutes to Impact (1996) (TV)

There is abundant evidence that comets and asteroids have bombarded Earth and other planets in the past, and it is statistically probable that objects from space will continue to hit the Earth in the future. This documentary looks at the history of past impacts and near-misses (some of which have been caught on camera!), the likelihood of an impact large enough to endanger human life on Earth, the effects of such a catastrophic collision, and what (if anything) we can do to prevent it. Written by yortsnave

Meteors: Fire in the Sky (2005) (TV)
Part science lesson, part historical survey, this documentary looks at how meteors, meteorites and comets have not only affected our planet, but also how they have influenced our thinking.

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