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Nova Sciencenow. Can we Make it to Mars?

DVD - 2011 DVD 629.45 No 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3 out of 5

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On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Host: Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Host Neil deGrasse Tyson will tackle one of science's major challenges in each episode, framed as a simple question that ordinary people wonder and worry about. Neil will guide us as he explores dramatic discoveries and the frontiers of research that connect each central, provocative mystery. Episode includes: Space Dangers. A trip to Mars and back could take two to three years. Can humans survive the journey, fraught with deadly meteoroids, bone and muscle wasting?
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen.

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COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Weirdly Sexist By Ignoring the Subject submitted by Meginator on July 11, 2021, 2:50pm This program presents a well-rounded (if slightly outdated, RIP Opportunity) look at some of the challenges facing a potential manned Mars expedition, from the necessity of flexible clothing and shelf-stable food to dangers posed by cosmic rays and meteroids. Each topic gets a fair amount of runtime, allowing viewers to get an interesting all-around picture and a deeper understanding of some of the specific issues at the same time. Unfortunately, the only in-depth personnel feature spends an inordinate amount of time discussing traditional Indian marriage customs instead of focusing on, you know, the actual scientist it’s supposedly profiling; the documentary does talk to a number of other scientists, yet somehow the woman of color was the only person whose familial background was interrogated. This was a real bummer at the end of an otherwise interesting, if by-the-numbers, show and soured the overall experience for me.

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SERIES
Nova scienceNow (Television program)


LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Closed-captioned.

PUBLISHED
[Boston] : WGBH Boston Video, c2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Rated: NR
Format: DVD

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781608833634
1608833631

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Tyson, Neil deGrasse.
WGBH (Radio station : Boston, Mass.)
WGBH Video (Firm)

SUBJECTS
Space flight to Mars.
Science.
Educational.
Science.
Mars (Planet) -- Exploration.
Science television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.