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music_space
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posted 07-01-2018 08:01 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for music_space   Click Here to Email music_space     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I was reading an article commemorating "Armageddon," the movie, which came out 20 years ago. Among other trivia (none very flattering towards the movie), one said that for a while, NASA used it as part of its theoretical training, committing astronaut candidates to find "the 168 errors."

Not a bad exercise, but apparently, NASA denied. Has anybody else some dope on this?

Robert Pearlman
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posted 07-01-2018 11:01 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Most of the references I can find to this ascribe it to NASA's "management course," not astronaut training. But even that is questionable given the lack of any specific details; all of the accounts I see are generic in nature, with no mention of the center or any responsible individual by name.

I'd say this is much more likely an urban legend.

Blackarrow
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posted 07-04-2018 06:54 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Blackarrow     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend!"

["The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"]

ManInSpace
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posted 07-04-2018 07:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ManInSpace     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
A timeless and always favourite quote.

Chariot412
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posted 07-04-2018 11:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Chariot412   Click Here to Email Chariot412     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
You can blame me for some Armageddon inaccuracies!

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