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-This is... BOTH:

-Absolute Genius.

-SCREAMING

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Come with us as we dive into the wonderful world of technology.

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This is mind-blowing!

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Each show, we introduce you to geniuses whose inventions

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have changed the world forever.

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-Oh!

-Agh!

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We then take their tech and supersize it

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in our Genius Tech Challenge.

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The question is...

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Can we pull it off?!

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Is this his brain?

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If you love gadgets, then strap yourself in!

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-It's genius.

-Absolute Genius.

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YELLING

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Ignition and lift-off.

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On this show, we're checking out the very latest in space technology.

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-How much is this one?

-15 million.

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And we're going to discover exactly what it's like to be an astronaut.

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-You're going to crash into the wing of the space station!

-What?! No!

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He's the worst astronaut we've ever seen!

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LAUGHTER

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Plus, we're let loose in a real NASA space vehicle.

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Whoa!

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And ride over some of the toughest terrains the galaxy has to offer!

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THEY SCREAM

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Now, then, do you love space?

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Do you want to know all about the space tech

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that's helped us get there?

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-Of course you do! I mean, who wouldn't?

-Well, him.

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Apart from him, everyone loves space.

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Anyway, give us a countdown, dear.

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-Five.

-Get ready...

-Four.

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-..for us to introduce you to not one, but...

-Three.

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-..geniuses whose space tech...

-Two.

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-..have made it possible...

-One.

-..for us to reach for the stars.

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Blast off! ROCKET ENGINES BLASTING

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Since the dawn of time, us humans

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have been obsessed with the world above our heads,

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but the idea of going INTO space only existed in science fiction.

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That all changed in 1942 when German engineer Wernher von Braun

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created the V-2 - the first rocket to ever go to the edge of space.

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Thanks to the genius of von Braun, space was finally within our reach.

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But what was needed next was not only a way to get into space,

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but a way of surviving the trip.

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And that's where our first genius comes in.

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Introducing to you space pioneer and all round space tech genius...

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Sergei Korolev.

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From Russia with love, baby.

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Back in the 1950s, the USA and the Soviet Union, led by Russia,

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were rivals in a race to get to space.

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Sergei Korolev was a Russian engineer who was determined

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to beat the Americans.

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In 1957, he launched the first ever satellite into space,

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Sputnik 1.

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Korolev made history again in 1961,

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when he launched the first ever human into space,

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a man called Yuri Gagarin,

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and it was all down to his incredible creation, the Vostok.

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So, to find out more about this incredible piece of technology

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we've come to the Science Museum where they have an actual Vostok.

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And who better to tell us

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about Korolev's design,

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than Doug Millard,

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the Science Museum's chief space expert?

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-Doug, this is Vostok

-6? This is it.

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This is the same as Vostok 1, which took Yuri Gagarin into space?

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Pretty much identical.

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It doesn't look like you're your average spacecraft. Why is it round?

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It needs to be simple but strong. No corners, no weak points.

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It just needs to survive in space and come back to Earth.

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What type of technology is involved with the Vostok 6?

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It's got to have its own air supply,

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it's got to have radio communications.

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The core is metal, but it's covered in this heat shield,

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which is a sort of mixture of different materials that burn away.

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That's what keeps the cosmonauts alive inside.

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When the Vostok re-entered the Earth's atmosphere,

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it was travelling at 17,000 miles per hour

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and the capsule reached a temperature hotter than a volcano!

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Korolev's design could withstand all of this

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and still kept Yuri Gagarin safe as he travelled back to Earth.

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The world was amazed.

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Why is the design of the Vostok 1 and 6 so special?

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Well, it has to keep a human being alive.

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There's no air up there,

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so it's got to keep the cosmonaut alive in the vacuum of space.

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-Vacuum?

-Vacuum?

-Vacuum of space?

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Two seconds, Doug, we're just going to have a little chat.

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Keep yourselves busy.

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Look, he's a lovely man,

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but I don't understand this vacuum business.

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What's my vacuum cleaner got to do with this?

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-I don't know. We need some help. Fran!

-Fran!

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Are you ready?

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Meet Fran, our scientist friend who can explain things in a way

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even we can understand.

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-Oh!

-Oh, no, no!

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-And she loves a good experiment.

-Exactly!

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Best of all, she pops up whenever we need her most.

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-Hello!

-Hey, Fran.

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SHE LAUGHS

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So, what Doug was talking about was the vacuum of space.

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-But what is it?

-Well, up in space,

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-it's a very different environment to how it is on Earth.

-It is.

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Here on Earth, we have the same air inside us as outside us.

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We're balanced so we don't feel the pressure of the air around us.

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-Right.

-But up in space, there's hardly any air - that's the vacuum.

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And so, it's a very dangerous place for us humans.

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And that's where the pressurized Vostok comes in.

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Why is there an egg in there?

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Well, believe it or not, I'm going to create space inside of this jar,

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by removing some of the air using my special vacuum pump.

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That's supposed to be an astronaut?

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They've forgotten their spacecraft and their spacesuit.

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-So you're creating a vacuum.

-I am creating a vacuum.

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-MACHINE WHIRS

-Oh.

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-It's sucking all the air out?

-It is, the air is being removed.

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-Ugh! Hold on.

-Hey!

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Why is all the egg white spewing out of his holes?

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When there is no air, there's none of that air pressure

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to stop the insides from, basically, coming out.

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So, that would happen to an astronaut in space?

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Yeah, what happens if you go into space

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-without a pressurised spacecraft or spacesuit...

-Agh!

-Yeah.

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What happens is not only does your body get much, much bigger,

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but your insides start coming out of, basically, any hole it can find.

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-Oh, no.

-Yeah, eugh.

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So, you vomit and you wee yourself and you do poo yourself as well.

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-OK, turn it off.

-Agh.

-I'm not going to space any more.

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Well, the thing is, you might think space is dangerous

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but that's where the genius of the Vostok comes in.

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So, we're going to do this experiment again,

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but with my version of a Vostok.

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Great, let's do it! Clouds!

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This is my version of the Vostok.

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I'm going to remove the air again from inside that jar,

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but the air inside the cup should remain unchanged.

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-Ready?

-Yup.

-Three, two, one.

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-MACHINE WHIRS

-Is he going to be all right?

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-There's nothing squirting out of his mouth.

-Nope.

-It's all good.

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That's the clever thing - the air inside of that glass hasn't changed

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because it's all sealed in.

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-That's how the Vostok works.

-Exactly.

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-Good work, Franny.

-Another experiment complete.

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-That's what Doug was talking about with the vacuum.

-Exactly.

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-Doug.

-Doug!

-Doug.

-Doug!

-Doug.

-Doug!

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Thanks to the genius of Sergei Korolev

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and his pressurised spacecraft,

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we now had the technology to send humans to space.

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The door to the cosmos was well and truly open

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and in 1969, Neil Armstrong made history by walking on the moon.

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Beautiful view.

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But not everything that was sent to the stars

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has been so genius.

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It's time for...

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Back in 1977, NASA launched a small spacecraft to explore outer space.

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Genius!

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But here's the not so genius bit...

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On board was a golden record that had sounds and music from Earth.

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They believed that if any aliens found it,

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then they could hear what Earth sounded like.

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Problem is, on Earth, records these days are old-school

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and the only people who play them are superstar DJs.

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So unless, the aliens are putting on a rave,

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they'll probably just wonder what it is.

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-Or try to eat it.

-Mmm!

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So far, we've seen how space technology has allowed

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us humans to fly into space.

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-And even land on the moon.

-But what about living there?

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For that, we can thank our second genius,

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whose ideas led to the Space Station.

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-It's Konstantin Tsiolovsky.

-Tsiolovsky.

-Tsiolkovsky!

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-Tsiolovsky.

-Tsiolkovsky!

-Tsiolovsky.

-Tsiolovsky.

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TSIOLKOVSKY!

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Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was a genius

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whose ideas were way ahead of their time.

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In 1903, when the aeroplane was taking its first ever flight,

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Tsiolkovsky was envisioning scientific ways

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of getting into space.

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He calculated back then that to get a craft into orbit,

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it would have to travel at 18,000 miles per hour!

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And 30 years later, he released a paper

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where his designs showed the technology that would be needed

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so humans could live in space.

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Tsiolkovsky knew what we needed to live in space

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all the way back in 1903.

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That's amazing. It really is mind-blowing,

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But what we need is a genius expert to tell us more about this.

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Ah, Doug. Do you know when the Tsiolkovsky expert's turning up?

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-Er, it's me!

-You again!

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I'm mean - it's you again! That's great!

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To tell us more about

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the genius of Tsiolkovsky,

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it's space expert Doug...again!

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Well, Doug, you're the expert,

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why don't you tell us about Tsiolkovsky's genius?

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We'll he worked out how to get into space,

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you'd need to use rockets.

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And then he worked out how to survive in a weightless environment.

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So, Doug, these are Tsiolkovsky's original drawings?

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Yeah. I mean, he was really a visionary.

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He was, in a way, predicting the future.

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When was the first space station launched?

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Way back in 1971 - Salyut.

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Salyut 1 was the first of many space stations

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that have been launched into orbit, and all of them have used technology

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proposed in Tsiolkovsky's designs from decades before.

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The most famous of all them is the International Space Station,

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which has been in orbit for over 15 years

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and has a picture of Tsiolkovsky onboard.

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Is there anything documented here

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that is still used in a space station today?

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Yeah, he got so many things right.

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He got a spacewalk, just as Leonov did it in 1965,

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decades before it happened.

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-That is incredible!

-That is genius.

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Really interesting stuff. Thanks, Doug.

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How do we actually get up there?

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-You can't.

-Right.

-Oh.

-But have a word with NASA.

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They'll be able to tell you about space stations.

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-OK.

-NASA? Houston? Texas?

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-Yeah.

-We can get in?

-Don't know about that.

-Oh.

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-Maybe we'll go and try and blag it.

-Let's blag it.

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-Cheers, Doug.

-Cheers Doug.

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I wouldn't let them in.

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The NASA Johnson Space Centre is where all American astronauts

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come to train before they go into space.

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ALARM SOUNDS

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And unbelievably, they've given us exclusive access!

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Can't believe we are behind the scenes at NASA!

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We're going meet some of NASA's top experts to find out

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about space station technology.

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Not only that, we're going to see

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if we've got what it takes to become real astronauts!

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If we're going to live in space,

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we need to understand where we'd sleep and what we'd eat.

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Sadly we can't visit the International Space Station

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because...it's in space.

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We asked, but they said, "No, thank you."

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But we can visit a space station on Earth.

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This is where astronauts train.

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It's a life-size mock-up of the modules that make up

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the International Space Station.

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Waiting on board to explain

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the tech behind space food

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is NASA food scientist Vickie.

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Ooh. Straight in.

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-Wow. Hi, Vickie.

-Hey!

-How are you?

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-I'm fine.

-Nice to meet you.

-Great to see you.

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So, this is an actual mock-up of the International Space Station?

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This is a mock-up of one of the modules

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of the International Space Station

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and the real McCoy is about 200 miles above us orbiting the Earth.

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And how on earth do they get all these bits up there?

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It was assembled over an eight to ten year period

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in pieces that were put together in orbit.

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-So, it's pretty big.

-Wow.

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What kind of things do they eat up there?

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Can they just take up fish fingers, chips and peas?

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Well, not exactly. We don't have dedicated refrigerators or freezers

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for food on the Space Station,

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so all the food has to last a long time at room temperature.

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These are freeze-dried products.

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What is that? It doesn't look very appetising, Vickie.

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It'll look a lot better when you add the water to it.

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They have a rehydration station that has a needle on it

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and they can dial up the amount of water the label tells them to add

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and then it automatically injects

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the temperature and quantity of water they've selected.

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-Have you got anything we can taste?

-Yes.

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-I hope it's nice. What is it?

-Seafood.

-Seafood?

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So, on orbit they have a food warmer that they would warm this up in.

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So, this is quite warm, then?

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Well, I warmed it before I came over here. I'm not sure...

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-how long it's stayed.

-Cold seafood for breakfast!

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HE LAUGHS HESITANTLY

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We have some 60-odd products that we make custom for the Space Station.

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-Right. Tasting time.

-Go on, you need a good mouthful.

-Mmm.

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I'm not going to say anything bad cos you produced this, didn't you?

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It's all in the face.

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-Fish paste.

-OK.

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GARGLES: Ah-ah-ah.

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Mm? Mm?

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Mm.

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Sorry, Vickie. I know you made this.

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I know what it is - it's cos it's not warm enough, that's all it is.

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-Yeah, it could be.

-I'm sure it's delicious warm.

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NASA and other space agencies have been working hard

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on growing crops in micro gravity

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and in 2015, they managed to grow the first edible crop of lettuce!

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This was a massive technological achievement

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because in micro gravity plants don't know which way to grow

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as there is no up or down.

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So, now we've found out where we'll live and what we'll be eating.

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Next is something every true astronaut needs - a spacesuit.

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And to tell us all about

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the amazing tech involved in them

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is NASA engineer Mallory.

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-Hi, Mallory.

-Hi. So nice to meet you.

-Nice to meet you as well.

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This is exciting. Where do you begin with a spacesuit?

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Let's start with the helmet.

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It's always good to start top to bottom. It's pretty heavy.

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I've got a big nut.

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That's OK. Not the biggest head I've seen, trust me.

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I've always wondered why there's this golden tint.

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-For protection for their eyes.

-Just like sunglasses, really?

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Mm-hm. But these are the real sunglasses.

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-Ah, that's the one I was thinking of.

-Yes.

-Ahh.

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So, this is 24-carat gold sprayed on the inside.

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It's thinner than a human hair.

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That way, the crew member can see outside, but we can't see in.

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It protects their eyes from the sun.

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There are 14 layers of protection in a spacesuit

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and it takes astronauts 45 minutes to get into them,

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which is the same amount of time it takes Dick to put on his socks.

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Mallory, when I sat on my mate's space helmet when I kid,

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they said it cost them £12.99.

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How much is this one?

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Well, our whole suit is estimated at around 15 million.

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-Are you joking?

-Nope.

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And if you count all the engineering time,

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-it gets way more expensive than that.

-15 million?!

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Yeah, I'll take that. It's probably for the best.

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So, it turns out that spacesuits are very expensive.

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-Which means we shouldn't touch them.

-I'll take that.

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But now it's time to get real.

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We've been given the rare opportunity to have

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some actual astronaut training at NASA's Virtual Reality Labs.

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Setting us our space mission

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is Eddie, who trains astronauts

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before they go to the Space Station.

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-Hi, Eddie.

-Hello, Dick.

-How you doing?

-Hey, Dom.

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-Good to see you.

-This is the Virtual Reality Lab.

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What exactly happens here?

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This is the laboratory where astronauts are trained

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-for space walks.

-This is the closest an astronaut will get

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to seeing what it's like in space?

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They are immersed in a virtual reality with graphics

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and this labs gives them the feel of being in space.

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Do you think we're healthy enough and fit enough to be able to do it?

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Yeah, we can put you in a scenario,

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where you actually get untethered and released from the Space Station

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and see if you can fly back without getting lost in space.

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Monitoring us as we embark on our spacewalk

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is a team of top NASA experts.

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Let's see if they can spot our potential.

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This is the situation - Rich has become detached

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and is floating off, so I've got to try and get him back.

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All I have to get myself home is this small box,

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which controls a jet pack on my back.

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What could possibly go wrong?

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So, I'm going to have a little spin.

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Oh, my life!

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You've gone. Where are you?

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-Ah!

-Aahh!

-Ah!

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-I'm just going round in circles.

-I can see you spinning.

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How do I try and stop spinning?

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Oh, wow, look at that. The whole Earth in front of me.

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'Remember, Dick's mission is to try and get back to the Space Station.'

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You've literally floated off into space.

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No, you're going towards Earth. Come back!

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This training mission is the exact same simulation

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they put real astronauts through.

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Well , let's hope they're better than us.

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You're going to crash into the wing of the Space Station!

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-What? No!

-Come back!

-I'm trying!

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-Go forward.

-Stop.

-No, you're going to crash!

-No!

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-Stop it!

-Argh!

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This guy can't fly.

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And it goes from bad to worse.

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-What's that?

-That's my hair.

-Oh, sorry.

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LAUGHTER

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He's the worst astronaut we've ever seen.

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DICK LAUGHS I wish this was real...

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-Oh, my life!

-THEY LAUGH

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..and I never saw him again! THEY LAUGH HYSTERICALLY

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With me falling dangerously back to Earth and low on fuel,

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the team have to make a drastic decision.

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OK, Dick, I'm sorry to call it, but mission failed!

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-Aw!

-Oh, no!

-Lost in space.

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-Nice one, cheers - you've blown it for us.

-Oops.

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But at least we got to experience what astronauts' lives are like

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on board the International Space Station.

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And we've seen the skills that are needed in space.

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Come back! HE LAUGHS

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And it's all thanks to our genius, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky,

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who had the vision that technology would one day

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allow us to live in space.

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It was nothing.

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Later in the show, Dom and I will be testing space tech to the max

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as we have to negotiate three hazardous terrains

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in our Tech Challenge.

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It's going to tip backwards! HE SCREAMS

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So, we've explored space

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and we've explored what's it's like to be in space.

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But what about boldly going where no man has gone before?

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You know, living on other planets and stuff.

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Which is why we've come here to NASA. But this time, it's NASA, LA!

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And it's the home to our next genius.

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The genius of...Rob Manning.

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This is going to be one small step for me, one giant leap for you guys!

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Rob Manning has been achieving the near impossible for over 25 years.

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He's not only been sending things to Mars, but landing them there too!

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His latest success was landing a robot called Curiosity Rover.

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This vehicle is the size of a car

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and is used to conduct experiments on Mars.

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Our genius has invited us to one of NASA's most important places.

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The ultra hi-tech Jet Propulsion Labs.

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-Rob, great to meet you.

-Great to meet you, Dick.

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-Pleasure to meet you.

-You too, Dom.

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First things first, what is this room?

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Because it looks some kind of space control centre.

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Well, it is. This is the heart of the Deep Space Network,

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which is NASA's communication system

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to allow us to communicate with spacecraft

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all over our solar system.

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Now, Rob, you've landed rovers on Mars, which is mind-blowing,

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but how far away is Mars and how on earth do you get a rover up there?

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Mars goes around the sun about once every two Earth years.

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So, the distance varies from being quite close to being quite far.

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The shortest distance we can take is between seven and nine months.

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How fast is the rocket travelling to get your rover to Mars?

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It's flying around the sun at 30,000 to 35,000 miles an hour.

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-HE GASPS

-Really fast.

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When it gets to Mars, it slows down as it gets further from the sun

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and then it hits Mars as Mars goes by.

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In fact, Mars comes in and hits our vehicle from behind,

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-because our vehicle is moving slower than Mars is.

-Is it?!

-Yes.

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So, we're aiming for a spot in space

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where Mars is going to be in the future.

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So, our vehicle has to go, "Whoa, here comes Mars!"

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And aim its heat shield toward the atmosphere of Mars.

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I automatically assumed that

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-Mars just sits there.

-There's Mars, sat there being red and beautiful.

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-You know, the planets.

-And it goes...

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SMOOTH WHIZZING SOUND

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But no. Mars is going... CRASHING SOUND

0:20:570:21:00

-Yeah.

-THEY LAUGH

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-That's incredible!

-That's right.

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So, we inflate a large supersonically deployed parachute

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that allows us to slow down our vehicle down.

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So, in the case of Curiosity,

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about a kilometre above the surface of Mars...

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..the Curiosity lights up a jet pack that's sitting on its back

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as it gets closer to the surface of Mars.

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Some day, we will be able to use these technologies to land

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people on the surface of Mars.

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-Thank you very much.

-Thank you, Dom.

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-You're an absolute genius.

-Thank you very much.

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We've learnt that space is a dangerous place for us humans.

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-Your insides start coming out of any hole it can find!

-Oh, no!

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But technology has allowed us to overcome these problems.

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We've invented spacesuits and built massive space stations

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for us to live on.

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-How much is this one?

-About 15 million.

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Are you joking?

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And technology hasn't stopped there.

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And lift-off.

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We can now blast off to new planets and land robots on Mars.

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Genius!

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Thanks to today's geniuses, we've not only been able to reach space,

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but also explore other planets.

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We're ready for our Genius Tech Challenge.

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We are going to drive on Mars.

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Well, not quite. Anyway, here's the plan!

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Our challenge is to drive NASA's Space Exploration Vehicle

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across three extra-terrestrial terrains.

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First is the dreaded lunar craters.

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Then it's across the astral rock field.

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And finally, it's a sharp climb up the Martian Mountain!

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The problem is that we're

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going to have to keep our vehicle

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extra steady, because we're going to be playing

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our very own golden record.

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Records are VERY sensitive,

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so any bump could result in the needle jumping.

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-Any more than three jumps...

-RECORD SCRATCHING

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..and we fail the challenge.

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This Tech Challenge is truly out of this world.

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The vehicle charged with getting through these tricky terrains

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is this - the NASA Space Exploration Vehicle,

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which has been designed to drive astronauts on Mars!

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Helping us navigate these tricky terrains

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is NASA vehicle expert Bill.

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That's vehicle sorted. Now it's time to get the record player ready

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and put on our golden record.

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Ladies and gentlemen, the one and only Phil Collins!

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-If you don't know him...

-Ask your grandparents.

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It's a good album, this.

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Let's do this.

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All right, everyone, it's time for Challenge Number One -

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the Craters.

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Wow. We're on Mars!

0:23:400:23:43

-No, we're not. It's Houston.

-Oh.

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-Right, are we ready?

-Yep.

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Three, two, one.

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Come on Phil! Let's do this.

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MUSIC: In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins

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All the terrains have been designed

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to replicate the harsh surfaces of Mars.

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There's a crater in front of us.

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It doesn't feel right!

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And I'm sure they didn't think about playing vinyl records

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-when they designed them.

-Brace yourself!

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THEY SQUEAL

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Don't forget - if the record jumps, we lose a life.

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He's not jumped yet! Considering what we're up against, it's just...

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# I can feel it coming in the air tonight

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-# Oh, Lor... # Aaaarggh!

-Aaaarggh!

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-ON RECORD:

-# Oh, Lord... #

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Luckily, our vehicle has been designed for these terrains,

0:24:400:24:43

boasting 12 wheels which can turn 360 degrees.

0:24:430:24:47

We're nearly at the finish line and it hasn't jumped yet!

0:24:470:24:50

OK, stop!

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Challenge One complete - and no scratches.

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All our three lives are still intact!

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Challenge Number Two. It's my turn to drive.

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-Here, you take Phil.

-All right, Phil.

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This is the Rocks.

0:25:050:25:07

# I know where you've been... #

0:25:070:25:10

The rock field simulates the surface of an asteroid

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and has boulders up to half a meter high.

0:25:130:25:16

But luckily for us, this vehicle is the size of a pick-up truck

0:25:160:25:20

-and can drive sideways if needed.

-Bring it on!

0:25:200:25:23

Look at the size of some of these boulders!

0:25:230:25:25

-# In the air tonight... #

-RECORD DISTORTS

0:25:250:25:28

-He's not sounding well.

-# Oh, Lord... #

0:25:280:25:31

-This is bumpy. This is well bumpy.

-Ooh. Close.

0:25:320:25:35

RECORD WOBBLES

0:25:350:25:38

-DISTORTED:

-# Oh, Lord... #

0:25:390:25:41

I can't believe that... Look at the size of it!

0:25:410:25:44

Whoa!

0:25:440:25:46

-RECORD SCRATCHES Oh!

-Oh, Phil!

0:25:460:25:48

-Is he all right?

-Scratchy time.

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Whoo-hoo-hoo!

0:25:500:25:52

That's one scratch.

0:25:530:25:55

-HE LAUGHS

-The ride of our lives.

0:25:550:25:58

Stuck.

0:25:580:25:59

We've done it! But...

0:26:010:26:03

-So, it scratched?

-A little bit.

0:26:030:26:05

-Once.

-It jumped?

-Over the big rock. Yeah.

0:26:050:26:08

With two challenges completed, the record has only scratched once,

0:26:090:26:13

but we still have the hardest challenge left.

0:26:130:26:16

It's time for Challenge Number Three -

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the Martian Mountain.

0:26:190:26:22

-Ready?

-Ready.

0:26:230:26:25

RECORD STARTS UP

0:26:260:26:28

DRUM SOLO

0:26:280:26:32

This Martian mountain towers over six meters high

0:26:320:26:36

and it's a steep gradient to reach the summit.

0:26:360:26:38

Woohoo!

0:26:380:26:40

# I'll be waiting for... #

0:26:410:26:44

-Aargh!

-Oi!

0:26:440:26:46

It's going to tip backwards!

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# Oh, Lord... #

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Ho-ho-ho!

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# I can feel it in the air... #

0:26:520:26:55

-HE SCREAMS

-# Oh, Lord... #

0:26:550:26:57

-Whoa!

-Aaargh!

-# Oh, Lord. #

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Stop, stop, stop!

0:27:030:27:04

-Yes!

-We did it!

-We did it!

0:27:060:27:09

How about that? Three challenges...

0:27:090:27:11

Only one record jump. Unbelievable

0:27:110:27:15

And none of this would have been possible

0:27:150:27:17

without the NASA Space Exploration Vehicle

0:27:170:27:19

and today's geniuses who've pushed our understanding of space.

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Because of their brilliance,

0:27:230:27:25

the dream of living in space is closer than ever before.

0:27:250:27:28

Tell you what, shall we have the drum bit again?

0:27:280:27:30

-Go on, then.

-Right, hold on.

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Three, two, one - go! DRUM SOLO PLAYS

0:27:320:27:35

# I can feel it coming in the air tonight... #

0:27:350:27:38

-BOTH:

-Whoa-oh!

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HE LAUGHS

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Ah!

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THEY LAUGH

0:27:520:27:54

Where's Rich gone?

0:27:540:27:55

Uh.

0:27:550:27:56

-It stopped!

-Aargh!

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A long line is a BEEP!

0:27:590:28:00

-Put my finger...

-HE SCREAMS

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-Wow!

-His head's fallen off!

0:28:020:28:04

How did you find that? "Blew my head off."

0:28:040:28:06

-THEY GIGGLE

-You can't end it like that!

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