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It's a voyage of exploration like no other - to Titan, Saturn's largest moon and thought to resemble our own early Earth. For a small team of British scientists this would be the culmination of a l...ifetime's endeavour - the flight alone, some 2 billion miles, would take a full seven years. This is the story of the space probe they built, the sacrifices they made and their hopes for the landing. Would their ambitions survive the descent into the unknown on Titan's surface?
It's a voyage of exploration like no other - to Titan, Saturn's largest moon and thought to resemble our own early Earth. For a small team of British scientists this would be the culmination of a l...ifetime's endeavour - the flight alone, some 2 billion miles, would take a full seven years. This is the story of the space probe they built, the sacrifices they made and their hopes for the landing. Would their ambitions survive the descent into the unknown on Titan's surface?
| First transmission date: | 07-04-2011 |
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| Original broadcast channel: | BBC 4 |
| Published: | 2011 |
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| Duration: | 01:00:00 |
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| Producer: | Paul Vanezis |
| Contributors: | John Zarnecki; Ralph Lorenz; Mark Leese; Patrick Moore |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | BBC 4 website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0109ccd |
| Production number: | FKAN731S |
| Videofinder number: | 81986 |
| Available to public: | no |
