Space Greed
Between advanced satellites and tons of precious resources the future of space exploration looks to be highly profitable.
Between advanced satellites and tons of precious resources the future of space exploration looks to be highly profitable.
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For the first time, see the incredible images of the Guizhou Golden Monkey population, captured by China's scientific research station in the Fanjing Mountains and taken over a few years using infrared cameras.
In this episode we travel to Brittany to find – in Goethe's words 'the underpinning of the earth' - Granite.
In this episode we travel 3.700 miles through the unprotected landscape of the American West. From Utah to New Mexico. By entering the crevice, the unbelievable play of colours begins, this is sandstone.
In this episode we're exploring Hawaii to show us rocks in motion. We see the beauty of rocks after the volcano's magma turns into basalt.
Taking a nostalgic journey to rediscover two of his childhood favourites, Lord Prescott visits the Ribena factory to see how their famous blackcurrant squash is made, using 90% of the UK's blackcurrant crop. In Herefordshire, he explores the Tyrrells crisp factory to learn how a small farm-based business turns homegrown potatoes into gourmet crisps.
In search of the classic British pairing, tea and biscuits, Lord Prescott travels to Liverpool to visit the Typhoo tea factory, discovering the key to a perfectly brewed cup. Back in Yorkshire, he stops by the Fox's biscuits factory, rounding off his journey with a truly British treat.
Dave faces a tricky residential lift, J.P. races between last-minute jobs, and Brad and Nathan Moore help a family's dream come true.
Dave deals with a messy train, J.P. takes down a tree, Regional Crane lifts a huge wall, and Maxum Crane moves a couch to a high-rise.
Using a virtual scalpel, CGI strips the Eiffel Tower to its 17-foot base and peels back the boulevards to expose 180 miles of ancient quarries.
The defenses of New Orleans are stripped back to expose the massive pumps, levees, and wetlands engineered to hold back Mississippi and Gulf storms.
Experts strip away Tokyo to show the seismic engineering, massive storm drains, and advanced shock absorbers keeping this earthquake-prone city safe.
CGI animation strips down the Windy City, uncovering the deep foundations and structural engineering required to build on unstable marshland.
A couple in Vancouver call in a crew of marine engineers to build and sail a beautiful floating house down the Fraser River and out to sea, to get to their moorings.
A family in Vancouver calls in a crew of house truckers to haul a beautiful two-storey house across land and water so they can have a bigger home.
Between advanced satellites and tons of precious resources the future of space exploration looks to be highly profitable.
Our long-term survival on this planet depends on advanced satellites keeping us connected and keeping an eye on the Earth from orbit.
Cowboy hat-wearing billionaires have reasons for their multi-billion dollar investment in space exploration but it's hard to ignore how much money they stand to make.
Will it ever make sense to use outer space to offshore human pollution and waste?
New satellites are being launched to continue detailed observations of Earth and its oceans an ice caps, They are finding that climate change is accelerating and they have the data to prove it.
The Ionosphere is little understood, it effects radio communications, GPS signals and satellites alike, it changes between day and night and is influenced from space and from Earth, new satellites have been launched to study this zone.
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