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Topic: BBC iPlayer: Horizon "Man in Space" and more
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nasamad Member Posts: 2121 From: Essex, UK Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 05-21-2014 05:10 PM
I don't know if my friends in the U.S. or overseas can access all BBC IPlayer content but while looking through the science and nature listings this evening I found that the BBC had added quite a few vintage episodes of Horizon (a science documentary series). One of these is a 1966 episode titled "Man in Space" which concentrates on the results of the Gemini 7 flight and its implications for long duration flights to the moon. It has very good interviews with Frank Borman, Charles Berry and Walt Cunningham. Well worth a look to see if you can view it. Also available is the Richard Feynman episode "The Pleasure Of Finding Things Out," which I have always wanted to see. |
nasamad Member Posts: 2121 From: Essex, UK Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 05-23-2014 11:21 AM
I know I'm replying to my own topic here but the BBC have just added "40 Years in Space" by Brian Cox to the Horizon iPlayer list. |
spaced out Member Posts: 3110 From: Paris, France Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 05-31-2014 04:48 PM
quote: Originally posted by nasamad: One of these is a 1966 episode titled "Man in Space" which concentrates on the results of the Gemini 7 flight and its implications for long duration flights to the moon. It has very good interviews with Frank Borman, Charles Berry and Walt Cunningham. Well worth a look to see if you can view it.
Great no nonsense vintage documentary. Watching the presenter show the interior of the Gemini capsule in such detail was fascinating. However, as a collector I almost choked when the presenter casually mentioned that the meal pack he cut open and tried out was actually a flown unused meal pack from Gemini 7. He actually drank a flown juice drink and used a flown wipe! It was a vivid demonstration of how much value NASA placed on flown excess equipment at the time. |
Norman.King Member Posts: 375 From: Herne Bay, Kent, UK Registered: Feb 2010
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posted 06-01-2014 01:22 PM
Thanks for the heads up, I really enjoyed watching that. |
onesmallstep Member Posts: 1310 From: Staten Island, New York USA Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 06-01-2014 03:25 PM
Hmm. Good thing that presenter didn't test a urine relief tube or fecal container too LOL. |