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From: Canada
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posted 07-01-2018 08:01 PM               

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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?

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From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999

posted 07-01-2018 11:01 PM               

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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.

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From: Belfast, United Kingdom
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posted 07-04-2018 06:54 PM            

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"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend!"

["The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"]

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