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  1. Design for an Alien World 1 (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Cameron Balbirnie
    Subject
    Astronomy; Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Tracks some of the development through 1992 of a space mission that will be launched towards Titan, the largest satellite of Saturn, in 1997. Closely follows two experiments being developed at the University...

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  2. Spacesuit (1991 Video)

    Director
    Patrick Uden
    Producer
    Patrick Uden
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 sale: £20.00

    The currently used shuttle spacesuit will be unsuitable for human beings who may colonise Mars in the future because it is bulky and heavy. The programme looks at the latest experiments to solve the problem...

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  3. Selling the Secret (1990 Video)

    Director
    Ross Wilson
    Producer
    Paul Murricane
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 sale: £20.00

    Follows the first steps taken by the Soviet Union to sell its exploitation of outer space to the West. Also captures the reactions of a group of Western businessmen in the Soviet Union to the environment in...

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  4. One Small Step (1987 Video)

    Producer
    David Saunders
    Subject
    Information technology; Space science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Looks at the way computers were used in the American space shuttle projects, particularly at computer systems in the shuttle orbiter and their relationship to the Mission Conrool unit at the Johnson Space...

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  5. Short History of the Future, A: The Spaceship (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Sheila Hayman
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

    Compares spaceflight as portrayed in the cinema to it really is. The US space programme was started in the Walt Disney studios by Werner von Braun, and the first space shuttle was called Enterprise after the...

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  6. Apollo 17: On the Shoulders of Giants (1973 Video)

    Subject
    Space science
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 29 min., 1995 sale: £11 (+VAT + p&p)

    The final moon mission (launched 6 Dec 1972) was notable for the discovery of orange-coloured soil. The film includes activity at the ground centres, with specialists’ comments on both the mission and...

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