:23:01
Even if the asteroid itself
hits the water, it's still hitting land.
:23:05
It'll flash boil millions
of gallons of seawater and slam
into the ocean bedrock.
:23:10
Now, if it's a Pacific Ocean impact--
which we think it will be--
:23:13
it'll create a tidal wave
three miles high,
:23:16
travelling at 1,000 miles an hour
covering California
and washing up in Denver.
:23:20
Japan's gone.
Australia's wiped out.
:23:24
Half the world's population
will be incinerated by the heat blast.
:23:27
The rest'll freeze to death
from nuclear winter.
:23:29
[ Whispering ]
That's unbelievable.
:23:32
Well, actually,
this is as real as it gets.
:23:38
Well, it's coming right now.
:23:41
Right for us at 22,000 miles an hour.
:23:44
Not a soul on Earth can hide from it.
:24:02
I take it you're not
alerting everyone like this.
:24:04
Nobody knows.
That's the way it stays.
:24:07
For the next ten days, there are
only nine telescopes in the world...
:24:10
that can spot the asteroid,
and we control eight of 'em.
:24:13
The president's classified
this information top secret.
:24:16
If news like this got out,
:24:17
there'd be an overnight breakdown
of basic social services worldwide.
:24:21
Rioting, mass religious hysteria,
total chaos, you can imagine.
:24:26
Basically the worst parts of the Bible.
:24:31
Six billion people on the planet.
:24:34
Why'd you guys call me?
:24:37
- We need you to prep the team
we're sending up.
- Up?
:24:40
We'll send them to the asteroid,
they'll land, drill a hole,
they'll drop some nukes,
:24:44
take off and detonate,
if we can fix this equipment problem.
:24:47
The drilling unit's a prototype we've
been building for the Mars project.
:24:51
You, uh-- You might recognize the rig.
:24:55
Yeah, well, I guess
I should recognize it. It's my design.
:24:59
- [ Man Chattering On P.A. ]
- [ Helicopter Blades Whirring ]