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In Deep Impact, Robert Duvall plays a former astronaut who is brought out
of retirement to command a planetary defence mission which aims to divert a
comet on a collision course with Earth. Find out what could happen if this
became a reality at http://www.deep-impact.com. At the same time, learn about
Shoemaker-Levy 9’s devastating strike on Jupiter in 1994.

In Lost In Space, a family sets off to colonise outer space, but their
spacecraft strays off course. Check out several of the planets they
visit—and create your own—at http://dangerwillrobinson.lycos.com/.

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