Ace Anti-Asteroid Nuke Strikes Twice   If I have to read an
article that relates Bruce Willis with asteroids one more time,
I think I’ll scream. In fact, I’ll write a strongly worded
letter to all Hollywood directors about the realities of saving
the world from asteroid doom. It was, after all, Willis’
terrible sci-fi movie Armageddon that forever tarnished the
realities of an anti-asteroid mission should mankind ever need
to embark on one.  But wait. What was that? Armageddon got one
thing… right?   SLIDE SHOW: Top 10 Ways to Stop an Asteroid  For
a movie that scientists were able to pull apart and identify 168
science flaws, I find it hard to believe that it got anything
right, but according to Bong Wie, of Iowa State University, who
spoke at Wednesday’s 2012 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts
(NIAC) meeting in Virginia, there’s one facet of the movie
storyline that may be an inescapable truth (if you intend to
blow up an asteroid with a nuclear warhead, that is).  Dealing
With Asteroids  We can talk about t