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Horizon

on BBC Two England

A review of the sciences.
Introduced by Christopher Chataway.

Destination Mars
Detailed plans for an eighteen-month expedition in which a fleet of gigantic nuclear-powered spacecraft will land men on Mars are disclosed by Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger of N.A.S.A., who demonstrates a model of the spacecraft which it is planned to use.

Editors in Conference
The Editors of two leading scientific magazines, Dennis Flanagan of the Scientific American, and Nigel Calder of the New Scientist, discuss with Gordon Rattray Taylor the problems of popularising science and placing it in a social context.

Contributors

Presenter:
Christopher Chataway
Item presenter (Destination Mars):
Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger
Interviewee (Editors in Conference):
Dennis Flanagan
Interviewee (Editors in Conference):
Nigel Calder
Interviewer (Editors in Conference)/Executive Producer:
Gordon Rattray Taylor
Producer:
Adrian Malone
Presented by:
Dick Gilling

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