News Nuggets – 30 April 2004

Cunning Stunt Keanu Reeves is to receive an honorary award for Best Action Movie Star at the World Stunt Movie Awards in May. The actor, cruelly denied any acting Oscar nominations ever, has displayed a "genuine interest in stunt work" and was credited with some of the best work of his generation in the Matrix films. Keanu, we'll admit it - you do indeed know kung fu. Armageddon Then In a case of life imitating art, the BBC World Service reports that astronaut Ed Lu testified to the US Senate earlier this month in an attempt to get funding for NASA to launch an experimental unmanned mission to change the course of an asteroid. The mission would set us up to deal with a real Armageddon or Deep Impact should the situation arise. The mission would be the most ambitious and expensive step ever for NASA