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To Mars by A-Bomb

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Last broadcast on Mon, 16 Nov 2009, 01:00 on BBC Four (see all broadcasts).

Synopsis

Documentary telling the amazing true story of a top secret US government-backed attempt to build
a spaceship the size of an ocean liner and send it to Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, propelled by thousands of miniature nuclear bombs. Awesome, fantastic and possibly crazy, Project Orion employed some of the best scientists in the world, including the brilliant British mathematician and physicist Freeman Dyson.

Credits

Narrator
Jonathan Kydd
Director
Christopher Sykes
Producer
Christopher Sykes
Executive Producer
Stephen Wilkinson

Broadcasts

  1. Sun 15 Nov 2009
    22:00
  2. Mon 16 Nov 2009
    01:00

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Duration

60 minutes

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