Armageddon

Continuity mistake: This is a two-for-one. When the astronauts are boarding their shuttles, the gantry for the crew of the Freedom (i.e. Bruce Willis' ship) is adorned with the red triangular mission logo for the "Independence" shuttle (i.e. Ben Affleck's ship). The Freedom logo, worn by the nearby technician, is bluer and more circular. Also, the Independence logo on the gantry wall has "STS-90" written as the mission designation, while the patches for the same logo on the crew uniforms say "STS-98." (01:05:55)

Vader47000

Deliberate mistake: According to the mission patches, both the Independence and Freedom are assigned the mission ID of STS-98 (possibly referencing the film's 1998 release date, and is around where the actual STS numbering was at the time). Two problems with this: First, they are two separate shuttle flights, so each should receive its own mission number. Second, STS was the coding for NASA's civilian shuttle. The shuttles in the film are Air Force vehicles and would probably not receive STS designations.

Vader47000

Harry Stamper: The United States Government just asked us to save the world. Anyone wanna say no?

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Trivia: While being strapped in, Rockhound tells Harry they're sitting on "something with 270,000 moving parts all built by the lowest bidder." This is a paraphrase of a quote by Alan Shepherd.

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Question: Does anyone know what the NASA employee says to Lev the cosmonaut the first time we see him? It sounds like "stasveecha"

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Chosen answer: It's close to "zdrasveetsya" phonetically, which is a colloquial greeting like: "how are you doing".

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