Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time — S01E01 — Space: How Far Can We Go?

00:00:05 For more than a decade, I've made programmes about the universe...

00:02:45 of exploration.

00:05:29 This is undoubtedly the most physically demanding thing

00:08:03 And actually, for most of history,

00:11:03 the stars, it occasionally changes direction and loops back on itself.

00:13:20 the first accurate maps of the planets

00:15:47 have sat at this table and signed this book.

00:19:00 The fact that you can navigate a quarter of a million miles

00:21:24 about 38 miles, up to 114.5 miles,

00:24:31 Yeah, really. My dad was born in 1907

00:26:14 test flight, first manned test flight to landing on the moon.

00:28:53 how to colonise Mars.

00:30:54 in 2017, to the way the world was in, let's say, the year 2000?

00:33:49 and space exploration as the saviour of our civilisation.

00:36:03 OVER RADIO: This is really some rock. Really shocked.

00:38:01 heating it until it solidifies.

00:39:51 there are going to be tremendous challenges.

00:43:08 Sending robotic probes in our place has allowed us

00:45:35 after travelling for 12 years...

00:47:49 Voyager is so far away

00:49:54 to a new world and that world, Pluto, we knew nothing about.

00:53:12 Those kind of patterns are found elsewhere in nature.

00:56:01 that we could imagine making in 100 years, let's say.

00:58:34 See you in eight hours.