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This six part series tackles the big questions about the solar system, space and the universe. This episode asks are we alone? Adam is at the Allen Telescope Array in Northern California, the first... 24/7 alien-tracking facility and using the latest technology to find radio messages from intelligent beings. Should we take this seriously? Adam quizzes the guru of ET hunting, Frank Drake. Reports include the new robot that will use life-molecules from Earth to lock onto possible life on Mars, and an amazing Open University experiment that will send Earth bugs into space, to prove that life can survive space travel and could have travelled to Earth on a comet.
This six part series tackles the big questions about the solar system, space and the universe. This episode asks are we alone? Adam is at the Allen Telescope Array in Northern California, the first... 24/7 alien-tracking facility and using the latest technology to find radio messages from intelligent beings. Should we take this seriously? Adam quizzes the guru of ET hunting, Frank Drake. Reports include the new robot that will use life-molecules from Earth to lock onto possible life on Mars, and an amazing Open University experiment that will send Earth bugs into space, to prove that life can survive space travel and could have travelled to Earth on a comet.
| Series: | The cosmos a beginner's guide |
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| Episode | 1 |
| Published: | 2007 |
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| Duration: | 00:30:00 |
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| Producer: | Mark Jacobs |
| Contributors: | Maggie Aderin; Adam Hart-Davis; Janet Sumner |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University Screenhouse Productions |
| Link to related site: | Website: http://www.open2.net/cosmos/index.html |
| Subject terms: | Extraterrestrial beings; Universe |
| Footage description: | Two posters about the series are available for reference use only |
| Production number: | JOUA475K |
| Videofinder number: | 7752 |
| Available to public: | no |
