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The Sky at Night: The Grand Tour

BBC One
on BBC One London

In the late 1970s a spacecraft may be sent on a 'tour' of four of the outer planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune - using the gravity and orbital speed of each to boost it on to the next, and sending back photographs and scientific information.
Patrick Moore discusses the chances of success for this ambitious project with Iain Nicolson, a British astronomer, and with Dr W.H. Pickering, head of America's unmanned scientific space programme.

(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Patrick Moore
Guest:
Iain Nicolson
Guest:
Dr W. H. Pickering
Designer:
Eric Walmsley
Director:
Michael Brooke
Producer:
Patricia Owtram
Source: Radio Times

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