Prophets of Science Fiction — S01E06 — Jules Verne

00:00:01 Narrator: WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO PUT A MAN ON THE MOON

00:02:11 THE FUTURE.

00:04:06 "WOULDN'T IT BE INTERESTING TO GO TO THE MOON?"

00:05:47 WITH THIS PREDICTION.

00:07:18 'CAUSE YOU WANT TO PROTECT YOUR PAYLOAD AND YOUR ROCKET MOTOR.

00:09:14 AS VERNE STUDIES THE PLONGUER,

00:11:01 AND UNCOVERS THE RUINS OF ANCIENT ATLANTIS.

00:12:46 18th-CENTURY ELECTRICAL BULLETS

00:14:22 TO STOP SOMEBODY AT FURTHER RANGES.

00:15:52 IT ALSO PULLS THE PULL TAB OFF THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT.

00:17:23 WITHOUT HIM HAVING ANY ABILITY TO FIGHT BACK.

00:19:30 Dr. Slusser: HE LITERALLY SPENT 10 YEARS WORKING IN THE LIBRARY,

00:21:21 "THAT HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN, WHICH CONSTITUTE IT,

00:23:04 THIS CAR HAS ABOUT 20%

00:24:39 THEY'RE POWERING THEIR BUILDINGS, THEIR FACTORIES,

00:26:25 BUT AS A FUTURIST, VERNE SEEKS THE CUTTING EDGE,

00:28:29 THAN HAVING A SECRET HEADQUARTERS

00:30:21 COMES FACE-TO-FACE WITH A REAL-LIFE MADMAN OF HIS OWN.

00:32:31 Narrator: HINTS OF VERNE'S DARK SIDE

00:34:22 SCIENCE IN GENERAL AS EVIL CONSTRUCTIONS BY MANKIND

00:36:39 OF UNFINISHED AND UNPUBLISHED STORIES.

00:38:32 ISN'T CONVINCED THAT THE CIVILIZATION IS READY FOR THIS.

00:40:09 IT'S ANOTHER THING FOR SOMEONE LIKE JULES VERNE IN 1870

00:42:20 CELEBRATES THE POWER AND POSSIBILITY OF SCIENCE.