The Cosmos a Beginners Guide Exploring the Cosmos
The investigation of the cosmos starts in California, visiting a huge new telescope whose sole purpose is to be ready to receive a message from outer space. Dr Doug Vakoch of the Interstellar Messaging Composition Group who is working out what reply we should send, and the programme finds out how far our ancient broadcasts have travelled.
Are we alone, or is there other life out there?
Primary Title
- The Cosmos a Beginners Guide
Secondary Title
- Exploring the Cosmos
Date Broadcast
- Saturday 6 August 2011
Start Time
- 20 : 00
Finish Time
- 20 : 30
Duration
- 30:00
Series
- 1
Episode
- 1
Channel
- TVNZ 7
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Programme Description
- Are we alone, or is there other life out there?
Episode Description
- The investigation of the cosmos starts in California, visiting a huge new telescope whose sole purpose is to be ready to receive a message from outer space. Dr Doug Vakoch of the Interstellar Messaging Composition Group who is working out what reply we should send, and the programme finds out how far our ancient broadcasts have travelled.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captioning Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
- Documentary
- Educational
- Science
Hosts
- Adam Hart-Davis (Presenter)
Contributors
- Louise V Say (Producer)
- Louise V Say (Director)
- Mark Jacobs BBC (Executive Producer)
- Screenhouse Productions (Production Unit)
- The Open University (Production Unit)
- BBC (Production Unit)