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In this program, scientific experts discuss the ultimate space mission - the establishment of a colony on Mars - including how they plan to grow food in space, recycle wastewater, and introduce greenhouse gases to revive the red planet and make it more habitable for humans.
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Until recently, the idea of sending humans to Mars was pure science fiction. Now the world's largest space agency is gearing up for its most ambitious project yet - a manned mission 140 million miles across space to the Red Planet. From testing their rockets and experimenting on their astronauts to designing their life support systems, Horizon follows teams across NASA as they start work. How will they overcome the impossible? Is it actually do-able?...
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In the not too distant future, Todd Hewitt discovers Viola, a mysterious girl who crash lands on his planet, where all the women have disappeared and the men are afflicted by 'the Noise,' a force that puts all their thoughts on display. In this dangerous landscape, Viola's life is threatened, and as Todd vows to protect her, he will have to discover his own inner power and unlock the planet's dark secrets.
4) Voyagers
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With the future of the human race at stake, a group of young men and women, bred for intelligence and obedience, embark on an expedition to colonize a distant planet. But when they uncover disturbing secrets about the mission, they defy their training and begin to explore their most primitive natures. As life on the ship descends into chaos, they are consumed by fear, lust, and the insatiable hunger for power.
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After losing the war against the Cylon robots, the Battlestar Galactica crew heads toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth. Galactica Commander Adama and President Laura Roslin are facing the problems of waning supplies and crushed morale. Along the way they have to deal with the credible threat that Cylons may be aboard the ship.
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Set in a time of interplanetary colonization, Sy Lombrok, a former nurse who is now a drifter with a haunted past, forms an unlikely alliance with Kane Sommerville, a lieutenant who works for off-world military contractor Exor. In a race against time, they set out to rescue Kane's young daughter, Indi, amid an impending global crisis precipitated by Exor.
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An all-new chapter in the Battlestar Galactica saga, Blood & Chrome takes place in the midst of the first Cylon war. As a battle between humans and their creation, the sentient robotic Cylons, rages across the 12 colonial worlds, a young, talented fighter pilot, William Adama, finds himself assigned to one of the most powerful Battlestars in the colonial fleet.
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From their initial action-packed battles against the Cylons to their desperate attempts to find the fabled 13th colony, Earth, the determined band of human survivors continue to fight for their lives and their hopes. Join them now as the fleet journeys into the furthest reaches of unexplored space.
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Hopeful for lasting peace following centuries of intense warfare, the Twelve Colonies of Mankind gather to sign a treaty with their dreaded enemies, the Cylons. But after an act of treachery on the eve of the ceremony, the Cylon Empire launches a devastating surprise attack, destroying the colonies' home planets and most of their military strength. A lone flagship battlestar, the Galactica, remains to aid the surviving colonists and embarks on an...