A scene from Armageddon 1998
President

What is this thing?

Truman

It's an asteroid, sir.

President

How big are we talking?

Scientist

Sir, our best estimate is 97.6 billion…

Truman

It's the size of Texas, Mr. President.

President

Dan, we didn't see this thing coming?

Truman

Well, our object collison budget's about a million dollars a year. That allows us to track about 3% of the sky, and begging your pardon sir, but it's a big-ass sky.

President

Is this, going to hit us?

Truman

We're efforting that as we speak sir.

President

What kind of damage?

Truman

Damage? A total, sir. It's what we call a global killer. The end of mankind. Doesn't matter where it hits, nothing would survive, not even bacteria.

President

My God. What do we do?

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