Mothership Von Braun

[Joe Allonby]

Sounds interesting - especially in light of the currenty "intelligent
design" debate.

Peace,
Joe

P.S. Yup. I'm back. I have successfully defeated the Verizon dragon.
My advice: never move.

On 5/13/05, Monroe, Dave <monroe at mpm.edu> wrote:
> 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
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> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0453446/
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> http://dsc.discovery.com/
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