You're listening to Civics 101. I'm Nick Capodice. I'm Hannah McCarthy. We have a fun little bonus episode for everybody today.

Say again, please Houston. We have a problem.

You know, for a long time, we've been saying, when did we really find if we could do a Civics episode about all the president's men?

Yeah, just to Smith, go to Washington. Yeah, all of these movies about democracy and government, VEEP. Yeah, absolutely excellent.

And then one day we're all sitting around. We were like, of course, Civics at the movies.

You plenty of time, so visit the snack bar now. A tasty treat will double your enjoyment of the show.

Our producer, Jackie Fulton, is going to blast off with the first one. Jackie, what are we talking about today?

We're going to be talking about NASA and Hollywood.

So, Jackie, before we start, one of my favorite little trivia tidbits about NASA and the movies is that there is a movie so bad, so scientifically inaccurate, that NASA uses it in training for new hires to find as many inconsistencies in the movie as they possibly can.

It is the 1998 classic Armageddon.

You know, it's a state's government. It's just as just to save the world. We're talking about space, right outer space. This is like deep blue pirou stop. I'm there. I'm with you.

Hey, me, I'm Scotty.

Oh, yeah. That's the one where NASA recruits deep cord drillers to fly to an asteroid and blow it up with a nuclear bomb before it can destroy Earth.

It has 168 things in it that are scientifically impossible, not just improbable, like impossible. That's more than one thing a minute that scientifically impossible.

Okay, so NASA, I'm very excited for this one. Did you actually talk to somebody who works for NASA?

Boy, did I ever I wore my NASA hat and favorite NASA shirt to talk to the big man himself, NASA's chief scientist, Dr. James Green.

Dr. Green, are you there?

You know, we've been having some connectivity problems here at NASA today.

This is Houston. Say again, please.

Dr. Green may know all the science and technology to get to the moon, but like all of us, he still had issues with zoom.

It may be that he needs to repair his computer.

I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.

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