Mothership Von Braun

[Monroe, Dave]

Plot Summary for 
Alien Planet ( 2005 ) (TV)

The CGI or computer animated drama/documentary takes place on Darwin IV, a
planet 6.5 light years from earth, with 2 suns and 60% of Earth's gravity.
Having identified Darwin as a world that could support life, Earth sends a
pilot mission consisting of the Mothership Von Braun and three probes:
Balboa, Da Vinci, and Newton. This robotic fleet is responsible for finding
and assessing any life forms on Darwin IV. Initially, the expectation is to
find microscopic life, but the probes soon find themselves in the middle of
a developed ecosystem teeming with diversity of life of all sizes. The drama
on Darwin IV is motivated by real science missions, such as the NASA Origins
Program and the NASA / JPL Planet-Finder Mission, as well as the European
Space Agency's Darwin Project. "Alien Planet " is a cosmic expedition along
side Stephen Hawking, Michio Kaku, Jack Horner, Craig Venter, and George
Lucas, and NASA's Chief Scientist Jim Garvin. No longer just the domain of
science fiction, "Alien Planet" dramatizes an exciting and possible answer
to what alien life really looks like and when we'll find it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0453446/plotsummary

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0453446/

http://dsc.discovery.com/
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