Once in a lifetime

Title

Once in a lifetime

Genre

Interview; Documentary

TX Date

19 Oct 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:23:38

Description

Special documentary on Halley’s Comet, due to return this winter after 77 years. With accounts of seeing the comet in 1910 by Evelyn Hall(?) and Mrs Leonard Stein(?); Brian Harpur of Halley’s Comet Society on hysteria and commercial bandwagon caused by the 1910 sightings; Professor Stuart Malin and Carole Stott of the Old Royal Observatory in Greenwich on the comet, Edmond Halley’s work and plans for observing it. Brian Harpur on Halley’s work including with Isaac Newton proving his laws of gravity, his early life, and historical sightings seen as omens; David Link of British Aerospace on Giotto space probe project’s mission to observe the comet, a cooperative venture of European countries. Plays in and out to music. Male presenter not identified.

Contributors

Brian Harpur; Carole Stott; Stuart Malin; David Link; Leonard(?) Stein(?); Evelyn Hall(?)

Keywords

Space exploration; European cooperation; Aerospace engineering; Spacecraft; Astronomy; European Space Agency; Meteorites; Halley’s Comet; Gravity; Edmond Halley; Old Royal Observatory; Giotto Probe Project; Astronomers; Isaac Newton

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