"I remember watching Armageddon as a child. In one scene they were walking on the asteroid and there was fire in the open. I remember pointing out to my dad that ”fire can’t exist in space!”. Perhaps I was just a nerdy kid."

REPLY: "I however have no issues with drillers being trained as astronauts. But yes, I heard a story that NASA grads watch Armageddon and have to spot as many physics errors as they can."