It Is Rocket Science

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Helen Keen's It Is Rocket Science

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A comic but scientifically-accurate look at the science and history of space exploration.

Series that takes a comic but scientifically-accurate look at the science and history of space exploration. With Helen Keen, Peter Serafinowicz and Susy Kane

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Helen Keen

Peter Serafinowicz

Susy Kane

Gareth Edwards

Miriam Underhill

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The Cold War, the space race and the last man on the moon.

The Cold War, the space race and the last man on the moon. Quirky true history with Helen Keen and Susy Kane. From March 2011.

Funny, off-beat but true account of the history of space flight.

*    The breathtaking drama of the space race and its evil twin the Cold War

*    The brilliant but secret life and tragically banal death of the Soviet Union's best rocket scienctist

*    The surprising tale of the last man on the moon (so far) and the songs he sang.

Starring:

Helen Keen
Peter Serafinowicz
Susy Kane

Written by Helen Keen and Miriam Underhill.

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011.

Helen Keen's It Is Rocket Science: Series 1

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Funny and off-beat, but factually accurate, account of the science of rockets

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