Discovery Channel - Apollo 11 : The Untold Story
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When Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon in July 1969, Apollo 11 was hailed as the supreme triumph of American technology. But behind the flag waving lies a very different story: the untold account of how close the mission came to disaster. Now, nearly forty years later, men on that mission reveal what really happened on the first voyage to the moon, and unpublished NASA documents are made public for the first time. It’s a tale of how primitive computer technology coupled with human errors and mechanical failures nearly caused the tragic loss of the crew.

Apollo 11: The Untold Story reveals how, in deep space, the lunar module lost all contact with earth, coming within seconds of crashing. By running off course, the lunar module became critically low on fuel over inhospitable boulder-strewn lunar terrain. Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin recalls how the astronauts believed they saw a UFO some 200,000 miles from earth, an event covered up at NASA’s insistence for over thirty years.

We discover how Mission Control’s total computing power was the equivalent of one of today’s laptops while the power of the lunar module was equal to a modern digital watch. Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin reveals how a ballpoint pen saved him and Neil Armstrong from a lonely death stranded on the moon; and we discover how behind the scenes, so great were the fears that the crew wouldn’t return that during the mission White House officials prepared a secret memorial speech for President Nixon to deliver to the world in the event of tragedy.

Everybody thinks they know about Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong’s “one small step for man”, the stars and stripes planted firmly in the moon rock, the triumphant return to earth. This film, drawing on first hand testimonies from Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 flight director Gene Kranz and key personnel from the mission, reveals just how complicated that mission really was. For a group of pioneering men armed with experimental 1960s technology, Apollo 11 was a triumph against the odds that came close to ending in disaster.

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PBS Nova - Ancient Creature Of The Deep
XviD | MP3 | ~350MB

Discover the coelacanth, a mysterious fish once hailed as evolution’s “missing link.”
Believed extinct for over 50 million years, the coelacanth (see-la-kanth) made a stunning appearance in 1938 when South African museum curator Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer stumbled upon the iridescent blue fin of a bizarre-looking fish on the deck of a trawler. Shocking the scientific world, the living coelacanth and its remarkable biology held pieces to an unfinished evolutionary puzzle. Could this odd-looking creature that predates the dinosaur be the storied “missing link” between water and land animals?

NOVA explores the amazing discovery of this “living fossil” and reveals why this primitive creature holds tantalizing clues to the evolution of all terrestrial life. See the armored scales, brilliant colors, and odd limb-like fins of this extraordinary fish. Hear Courtenay-Latimer relive the excitement that followed her amazing discovery. And join a diving team in their specially-designed submersible in search of one of the oldest living species on earth.


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BBC - The Planets [Complete Series]
English | Divx | 656×384 | Ac3 | 192kbps | 744×8MB

While watching The Planets, be prepared to fight your way past all kinds of computer animation which makes Walking with Dinosaurs seem like the last word in realism. It seems that no solar or planetary event which ever happened (or which may or may not have happened) is worthy of mention here without recourse to lovingly detailed shots of implausible-looking collisions and explosions. These come complete with sound effects, despite the fact that there is no sound in the vacuum of space, and are enhanced by a range of colours, some of which are visible only to bees. Somehow Patrick Moore’s The Sky at Night manages to convey just as much excitement with little more than a couple of diagrams and the presenter’s hyperactive enthusiasm. Fortunately, this two-DVD set is redeemed by both its subject matter and its sheer scope, offering all eight 50-minute episodes of the 1999 documentary series covering the history of the solar system and humanity’s age-old desire to learn its secrets. detailed indexing and scene access makes this a convenient reference source too, so amateur astronomers everywhere can finally bin those off-air VHS copies.

Contains all eight episodes from the series:- ‘Different Worlds’, ‘Moon’, ‘Terra Firma’, ‘Giants’, ‘Star’, ‘Atmosphere’, ‘Destiny’ and ‘Life’.



Episode 1 - Different Worlds

Travel back in time and space to witness the awesome forces that gave birth to the Sun and the far-flung family of planets that orbit it. From the rocky, superheated surface of Mercury, to the storm-wracked atmosphere of gigantic Jupiter and the distant mysteries of Pluto, this is a richly detailed introduction to the creation, composition and alien landscapes of The Planets

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Episode 2 - Terra Firma

Relive the thrill of first glimpses of otherworldly terrain as you join the early quest to discover the true nature of our planetary neighbours. Pierce the toxic clouds of Venus to map ancient lava flows the size of continents. Visit a Martian volcano taller than Mount Everest and head even further out into the planetary system in search of clues to the “living” geological forces at work in the most unlikely cosmic corners.

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Episode 3 - Giants

They are the heavyweights of the planetary line up. There are unimaginable vast orbs of seething gas and brilliant could bands that contain virtually no landscapes. Now, take a closer look at these planetary behemoths.

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Episode 4 - Moon

While a number of planets are accompanied by moons of all sizes and compositions, only the Earth boasts such a comparatively huge “companion world.” What forces could have resulted in this planetary odd couple? Join the search for the answer to one of the solar system’s most baffling mysteries, from Cold Warrior scientists racing to be first on the moon, to current theories and remarkable computer-generated visions of the moon’s explosive creation.

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Episode 5 - Star

To primitive peoples, the Sun was synonymous with God - the ultimate source of life-giving warmth and light. Now, step aboard with the Skylab space station to probe the turbulent heart of our local power source. Plunge into the centre of the Sun to witness the reactions driving its primordial atomic pulse. And observe the spectacle of massive solar flares capable of engulfing entire planets - including our own.

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Episode 6 - Atmosphere

Atmospheres make weather. This can result in alien weather reports that seem as if they’re right our of a science program: torrential sulphuric rain and metallic snow on Venus, global dust storms raging across Mars and centuries-long, Earth-sized cyclones circling Jupiter. It’s an eye-opening exploration of other worldly weather that reveals the surprising variety and force of atmospheric activity throughout the solar system.

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Episode 7 - Life

From the startling Copernican revelation that the Earth was not the centre of the Universe, humanity has wondered if life is unique to our world. But how likely is it that the Earth is the only reservoir of life in the vastness of space? Come along for the ride as early planetary researches learn that conditions on our neighbouring planets may be too hostile to support life and discover how recent findings hint there may be alien life “hiding out” in places we’ve overlooked.

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Episode 8 - Destiny

What is the long-term fate of the planets in our solar system? Voyage to a future billions of years in the distance. Explore the Sun’s expansion as it engulfs its planetary progeny in the final, fiery act of its billion-year long dilemma.

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BBC - Images of the Cosmos - Venus Unveiled
English | Xvid | 624×464 | 25fps | MP3 | 128kbps | ~300MB

Beneath the reflective atmosphere of Venus lurks a planet that has puzzled man for centuries.
Another from the Excellent “Images of the Cosmos” series of Astronomy programmes.
Mars may get all the press but Venus should be almost a twin of earth considering it’s orbital distance and size. Instead it is a Hell planet. Why ? This explores Venus in quite some depth (and I have found few programmes that have BTW though I remember a documentary about catastrophism and Venus from somewhere) Answering some of the old questions that perplexed Huygens about it’s mysterious surface while posing new questions about it’s strange exogeology, atmosphere & surface features.

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BBC Space Odyssey Voyage To The Planets
English | Xvid | 656 x 368 | MP3 | 150kbps

Space Odyssey - Voyage To The Planets Imagine crashing through the acid storms of Venus, taking a space walk in the magnificent rings of Saturn, or collecting samples on the disintegrating surface of an unstable comet. From the makers of Walking With Dinosaurs, this magical new series takes viewers on the ultimate space flight and, by pressing the red button on their remote control, they can be transported right to the heart of the European Space Agency’s mission control room. Seen through the eyes of five astronauts on a six-year mission to explore the new frontiers of the solar system, it reveals the spectacle - and the dangers - they face when landing on, and exploring, neighbouring worlds. Using the latest scientific findings and feature film digital effects, Space Odyssey is the ultimate grand tour brought to life in a beautiful and moving journey packed with peril and excitement. Along the way, it uncovers the immense physical and emotional challenges that would affect those taking such a trip.

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BBC - The Cosmos: A Beginner’s Guide [Complete Set] (2007)
XviD | 640×352 | BitRate : 990 Kbps | Duration : 00:28:55

It’s the story of everything - from the first microseconds of our universe to the exciting future of first contact and homes beyond our Earth. Join Adam Hart-Davis, Janet Sumner and Maggie Aderin for a journey around the planet to discover the latest thinking about the Cosmos.

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Episode 01 - Life in the Cosmos
Are we alone or is there other life out there? In this programme we meet the alien hunters, who spend their time tracking down life in the Cosmos. Some of them are looking for incredibly primitive life really close at hand. And others are looking for something you could talk to.

http://rapidshare.com/files/76438543/Cosmos_01.part1.rar
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Episode 02 - Building the universe
We reveal all about the universe: how it, and everything in it, came into being and the huge new experiments currently being done to investigate it.

http://rapidshare.com/files/76438541/Cosmos_02.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76438500/Cosmos_02.part2.rar
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Episode 03 - Seeing the universe
Most of what we know about the universe, from its age to its size to how it began in a Big Bang, has been found out through telescopes. But how far out into space and back into time is it possible to see?

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Episode 04 - Space exploration
The human race has harboured a deep fascination for the Cosmos for thousands of years. But the technology to escape the confines of our planet and explore the Solar System has only been with us for fifty years. In this great adventure we’ve sent probes to other worlds, inhabited space stations in Earth orbit and put men on the Moon. But what is happening at the cutting edge of space exploration now?

http://rapidshare.com/files/76438564/Cosmos_04.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76438348/Cosmos_04.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76438239/Cosmos_04.part3.rar

Episode 05 - Violent universe
Until quite recently the night sky seemed cold and calm and never changing - but not any more. In this programme we’ll show you the dramatic events happening right now, from the edge of the universe to uncomfortably close to home.

http://rapidshare.com/files/76438328/Cosmos_05.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76438321/Cosmos_05.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76438230/Cosmos_05.part3.rar

Episode 06 - Other worlds
Finding another Earth outside our solar system would be big news - but there are some surprising discoveries in our very own cosmic backyard. We catch up with some amazing findings in our solar system and beyond and unveil the chances of finding another earth and, possibly, life elsewhere in the Cosmos.

http://rapidshare.com/files/76438318/Cosmos_06.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76438307/Cosmos_06.part2.rar
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