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NASA's MISSION
IS TO EXPLORE THE UNKNOWN.
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WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE UNIVERSE
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IS A TINY FRACTION
OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY OUT THERE.
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IN THE SEARCH FOR ANSWERS,
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IT LAUNCHES ITS SCIENTISTS
INTO SPACE,
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ITS CRAFT BEYOND THE LIMITS
OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
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WE HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT'S OUT THERE.
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THERE MIGHT BE DANGERS
LURKING IN THE DARKNESS.
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WE RUN ACROSS MORE MYSTERIES
THAN DISCOVERIES.
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WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S
GONNA THROW AT US NEXT.
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AN APOLLO ASTRONAUT
DISCOVERS SOMETHING ASTONISHING
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ON THE LUNAR SURFACE.
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THIS IS RADICAL.
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THIS WAS NOT EXPECTED.
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THAT MEANS THERE COULD
HAVE BEEN LIFE ON THE MOON.
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A NASA SCIENTIST
INVESTIGATES A DEADLY PHENOMENON
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THAT THREATENS
MILLIONS OF LIVES.
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THERE ARE COUNTLESS
DEAD BODIES STREWN ABOUT.
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IT'S LIKE A SCENE
FROM A HORROR MOVIE.
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AND A RUSSIAN SPACECRAFT
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MYSTERIOUSLY MALFUNCTIONS
ON THE WAY TO MARS.
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EVERYBODY IS PANICKING.
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RUSSIAN OFFICIALS POINT FINGERS
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AT THE UNITED STATES.
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THESE ARE
NASA's UNEXPLAINED FILES.
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NASA's Unexplained Files - SEASON 5
EP - 7 - The Moon's Strange Secret
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A LANDMARK NASA MISSION
ENDS IN DISASTER.
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BAM...
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THE HATCH BLOWS OFF,
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AND HIS SPACECRAFT STARTS
FILLING WITH WATER.
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HIS CRAFT IS SINKING
TO THE SEA FLOOR,
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AND IT'S GONNA DRAG HIM WITH IT.
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THE INCIDENT
THREATENS TO DESTROY
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THE REPUTATION
OF AN AMERICAN HERO.
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THE MEDIA ABSOLUTELY
CRUCIFIED HIM.
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HE'S GONE FROM NATIONAL HERO
TO SERIOUS LIABILITY.
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MAY 1, 1999.
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A TEAM OF SALVAGE EXPERTS
EXPLORE THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
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AT A DEPTH OF ALMOST 3 MILES.
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EMERGING FROM THE DARKNESS...
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A RUSTING SPACECRAFT,
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PARTIALLY BURIED IN THE SEA BED.
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IT'S WHAT THEY'VE BEEN
SEARCHING FOR.
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THE ASTONISHING DISCOVERY
SHEDS NEW LIGHT
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ON ONE OF THE MOST ENDURING
MYSTERIES OF SPACE FLIGHT.
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THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL
ABOUT THIS SPACECRAFT.
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THIS IS A TREASURE.
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THE STORY BEGINS IN 1961.
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AT 7:20 A.M. ON JULY 21,
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THE MERCURY-REDSTONE 4 ROCKET
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BLASTS OFF FROM CAPE CANAVERAL.
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FIVE MINUTES LATER,
EX-AIR FORCE PILOT GUS GRISSOM
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BECOMES THE THIRD HUMAN
TO REACH SPACE.
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GRISSOM'S CAPSULE,
NICKNAMED LIBERTY BELL 7,
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REACHES AN ALTITUDE
OF 118 MILES.
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AFTER JUST 5 MINUTES IN SPACE,
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GRISSOM HAS TO BEGIN
THE JOURNEY HOME.
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THE SUBORBITAL FLIGHT
ONLY LASTS 15 MINUTES,
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AND HE SPLASHES DOWN
PERFECTLY ON POINT
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AT THE END OF THE MISSION.
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YET WITHIN MINUTES,
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LIBERTY BELL 7 SUFFERS
A DANGEROUS MALFUNCTION.
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BAM...
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THE HATCH BLOWS OFF,
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AND THE SPACECRAFT STARTS
FILLING WITH WATER.
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THE HATCH OPENS
BEFORE RESCUE HELICOPTERS
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CAN REACH THE DOWNED SPACECRAFT.
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SEAWATER SURGES
INTO THE STEEL CAPSULE.
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HIS CRAFT IS SINKING
TO THE SEAFLOOR,
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AND IT'S GONNA DRAG HIM WITH IT.
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GRISSOM HAS NO CHOICE
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BUT TO ABANDON LIBERTY BELL 7.
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HIS TROUBLES DON'T END
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WHEN HE LEAVES THE CAPSULE.
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THE PROBLEM IS, IN HIS HASTE
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TO GET OUT OF
THE SINKING SPACECRAFT,
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HE LEFT HIS OXYGEN PORT OPEN
ON HIS SUIT,
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AND NOW THAT'S FILLING UP
WITH WATER.
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THE SEAS WERE JUST ROUGH ENOUGH
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THAT WATER SPILLING OVER HIM
WAS GOING IN HIS SUIT.
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GRISSOM'S LEAKING SPACESUIT
BEGINS TO DRAG HIM UNDER.
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HE WAVES FRANTICALLY TO
THE APPROACHING RESCUE CHOPPER,
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BUT THE PILOT MISINTERPRETS
HIS SIGNALS.
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THE HELICOPTER PILOT
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THINKS THAT HE'S TELLING HIM
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TO SAVE THE SPACECRAFT
WHEN, ACTUALLY,
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HE'S TRYING TO TELL THE AIRCRAFT
THAT HE'S DROWNING,
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AS HIS SPACESUIT FILLS
WITH WATER.
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THE RECOVERY PILOT ATTEMPTS
TO LIFT LIBERTY BELL
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OUT OF THE OCEAN,
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BUT THE WEIGHT
OF THE FLOODED CAPSULE
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DRAGS THE CHOPPER DOWN
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TOWARDS THE WAVES.
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THAT SPACECRAFT WAS JUST WAY
TOO HEAVY FOR THEM,
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AND THEY HAD TO RELEASE IT.
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IN THE MEANTIME,
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THEY'VE LEFT GUS OUT
SWIMMING AROUND
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OR TRYING TO STAY AFLOAT
ON HIS OWN.
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THE ASTRONAUT IS NOW
DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO DROWNING.
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HE CAN'T SWIM WITH THAT SUIT
FULL OF WATER,
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AND HE'S STARTING
TO GET WATER IN HIS LUNGS.
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I DON'T THINK ANYBODY REALIZED
THE SERIOUSNESS OF IT
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UNTIL THEY FINALLY
LOST THE SPACECRAFT.
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AND THEN THEY LOOKED AT GUS
AND SAID, "OH, MY.
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WE BETTER GET HIM QUICK."
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AT 7:45 A.M.,
THE RESCUE TEAM FINALLY
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DRAGS GRISSOM FROM THE OCEAN.
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ANOTHER 30 SECONDS,
AND HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN GONE.
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MERCURY PROGRAM ENGINEERS
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LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION
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INTO THE DISASTER.
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THE CRITICAL QUESTION IS,
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WHO OR WHAT
CAUSED THE HATCH TO BLOW?
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SUSPICION FALLS
ON GRISSOM HIMSELF.
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MANY SUGGEST THAT
UNDER PRESSURE,
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GRISSOM PANICKED
AND BLEW THE HATCH HIMSELF.
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THE MEDIA GOT A HOLD OF THAT,
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AND THEY ABSOLUTELY
CRUCIFIED HIM
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BECAUSE THEY SAID
HE'D MADE A MISTAKE.
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GRISSOM, WITH THE BACKING
OF HIS NASA COLLEAGUES,
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STRENUOUSLY DENIES ACCUSATIONS
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THAT HE DETONATED
THE EXPLOSIVE HATCH.
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THE PROBLEM IS LIBERTY BELL 7
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IS AT THE BOTTOM
OF THE ATLANTIC,
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AND THAT'S THE ONLY EVIDENCE
THEY HAVE.
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IN OCTOBER 1962,
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GRISSOM'S FELLOW MERCURY
ASTRONAUT, WALLY SCHIRRA,
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STEPS IN TO HELP
HIS FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE.
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AT THE END
OF HIS MERCURY ATLAS 8 FLIGHT,
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SCHIRRA DELIBERATELY ACTIVATES
THE EXPLOSIVE HATCH.
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HE WALKS AWAY FROM THAT
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WITH MASSIVE BRUISES
ON HIS ARMS.
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IT'S CLEAR PROOF THAT,
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HAD GRISSOM DETONATED
THE HATCH HIMSELF,
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HE WOULD ALSO HAVE
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
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ON HIS BODY TO PROVE IT.
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SCHIRRA'S ACTIONS APPEAR
TO CLEAR GRISSOM,
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BUT THE PRESENT PUBLIC
REMAIN UNCONVINCED.
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THAT WAS SOMETHING
THAT WAS VERY TROUBLING
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TO GUS AND HIS COLLEAGUES.
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THAT WAS A DIFFICULT TIME,
I THINK, FOR NASA.
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FOUR YEARS LATER,
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THE MYSTERY TAKES A TRAGIC TURN.
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IN JANUARY 1966,
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NASA SELECTS GUS GRISSOM
AS COMMAND PILOT
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FOR THE FIRST APOLLO MISSION.
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BUT DURING A LAUNCH REHEARSAL,
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A FIRE BREAKS OUT WHILE
GRISSOM AND HIS TWO CREWMATES
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ARE SEALED INSIDE
THE COMMAND MODULE.
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WITHIN SECONDS,
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AN INFERNO ENGULFS
THE SPACECRAFT,
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AND THE THREE ASTRONAUTS
SUFFER HORRIFIC DEATHS.
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IN A BITTER TWIST OF FATE,
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INVESTIGATORS DISCOVER
THAT A BADLY-DESIGNED HATCH
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PREVENTED RESCUERS FROM REACHING
THE TRAPPED ASTRONAUTS.
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THE WAY THE HATCH
WAS CONSTRUCTED IN APOLLO
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WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST MISTAKE
THEY MADE
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BECAUSE THAT COST US THREE GUYS
ON A PAD AT THE CAPE.
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GRISSOM'S TRAGIC DEATH
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REDUCES THE MYSTERY
OF LIBERTY BELL'S HATCH
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TO A FORGOTTEN FOOTNOTE
OF SPACE HISTORY.
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BUT IN 1999,
THE MYSTERY RESURFACES
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WHEN THE SALVAGE TEAM
LOCATES LIBERTY BELL 7
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AND PULLS IT
FROM THE OCEAN FLOOR.
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ANALYSIS OF THE HATCH
REVEALS EVIDENCE
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TO FINALLY VINDICATE GRISSOM
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ALMOST FOUR DECADES
AFTER HIS FATEFUL FLIGHT.
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THEY FOUND THAT
THE TITANIUM STRIP
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THAT HOLDS THE HATCH IN PLACE
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WAS WARPED SIGNIFICANTLY.
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AND THAT INDICATES
THAT THE HATCH
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MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED
WHEN IT LANDED
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AND STRUCK THE OCEAN.
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IT SHOWS THAT HE DIDN'T PANIC
UNDER PRESSURE,
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THAT HE DID THE RIGHT THING.
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TODAY, GUS GRISSOM IS
REMEMBERED AS A TRUE HERO,
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A MAN WHO SACRIFICED HIS LIFE
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IN THE QUEST
TO PUT MANKIND ON THE MOON.
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WHICH ASTRONAUT IN THE PROGRAM
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WAS THE FIRST ONE TO FLY GEMINI?
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GUS GRISSOM.
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WHICH ASTRONAUT IN THE PROGRAM
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WAS THE FIRST ONE SCHEDULED
TO FLY IN APOLLO?
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IT WAS GUS GRISSOM.
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HE WAS THE BEST ONE
IN THE BUSINESS.
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COMING UP...
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A NASA SCIENTIST INVESTIGATES
THE STRANGE PHENOMENON
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RESPONSIBLE
FOR A SERIES OF MASS DEATHS.
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THERE WAS NO SIGNS OF PANIC.
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WHATEVER KILLED THESE PEOPLE
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CREPT UP AND SURPRISED THEM.
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AND THE KREMLIN
ACCUSES FOREIGN POWERS
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OF SABOTAGING A MISSION TO MARS.
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SEVERAL TECHNICIANS
IN THIS RUSSIAN SPACE PROGRAM
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WERE THREATENED
TO BE IMPRISONED.
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A NASA SCIENTIST
INVESTIGATES A SERIES
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OF MYSTERIOUS MASS DEATHS.
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IT'S LIKE A SCENE
FROM A HORROR MOVIE.
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THERE WAS NO SIGNS OF PANIC.
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WHATEVER KILLED THESE PEOPLE
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CREPT UP AND SURPRISED THEM.
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HE DISCOVERS EVIDENCE
OF A DEADLY PHENOMENON
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THAT THREATENS
MILLIONS OF LIVES.
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WILL THIS AVERT A CATASTROPHE?
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ONLY TIME WILL TELL.
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AUGUST 21, 1986, CAMEROON...
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A FARMER RETURNING TO HIS HOME
ON THE SHORES OF LAKE NYOS
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MAKES A GRIM DISCOVERY.
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HE ENTERS THE VILLAGE,
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AND HE CAN TELL IMMEDIATELY,
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SOMETHING IS VERY, VERY WRONG.
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THE ENTIRE VILLAGE IS SILENT.
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IT'S LIKE A SCENE
FROM A HORROR MOVIE.
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THERE ARE COUNTLESS
DEAD BODIES STREWN ABOUT.
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WHEN GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATORS
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ARRIVE ON THE SCENE,
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THEY FIND HUNDREDS
OF DEAD BODIES
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AND JUST SIX SURVIVORS.
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ALL TOLD, ONCE COUNTED,
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THE DEATH TOLL REACHES 1,800.
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MEDICAL TEAMS DISCOVER
THAT MANY OF THE VICTIMS
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HAVE STRANGE BURN MARKS
ON THEIR SKIN.
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THE CORPSES
OF THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS
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ALSO LITTER THE COUNTRYSIDE.
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PEOPLE ARE ASKING,
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"IS THIS AN ACT OF TERRORISTS?
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IS THIS BIOLOGICAL WARFARE?"
228
00:11:42,436 --> 00:11:44,636
THE CHILLING INCIDENT
BECOMES KNOWN
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AS THE LAKE NYOS DISASTER.
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THE PRESSURE IS ON
FOR INVESTIGATORS
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TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
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PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING ANSWERS.
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EX-NASA VOLCANOLOGIST
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AND INTERNATIONAL DISASTER
EXPERT HARALDUR SIGURDSSON
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HAS A THEORY.
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TWO YEARS EARLIER,
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HE INVESTIGATED
A SIMILAR INCIDENT
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NEAR LAKE MONOUN,
JUST 16 MILES TO THE SOUTH.
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00:12:15,936 --> 00:12:19,471
I VISITED THE SITE WHERE
THE FATALITIES HAD BEEN FOUND,
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00:12:19,473 --> 00:12:23,275
37 PEOPLE LYING ALONG THE ROAD.
241
00:12:23,277 --> 00:12:26,144
AND ON THE WAY TO THE MARKET,
THEY MET THIS FATE.
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JUST LIKE
THE LAKE NYOS INCIDENT,
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MANY OF THE DEAD DISPLAYED
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STRANGE BURN MARKS
ON THEIR SKIN.
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THE FIRST STEP
IN SIGURDSSON'S INVESTIGATION
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WAS TO TAKE SAMPLES OF THE LAKE
FOR CHEMICAL ANALYSIS.
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WHEN I WAS HAULING
THE BOTTLE UP,
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I SAW THERE WAS
A TREMENDOUS VOLUME OF GAS
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STREAMING OUT OF THE BOTTLE.
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00:12:50,704 --> 00:12:52,103
HIS ANALYSIS OF THE WATER
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00:12:52,105 --> 00:12:55,974
FROM LAKE MONOUN REVEALED
SOMETHING DISTURBING.
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I LEANED OVER,
AND I SMELLED THE GAS,
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AND IT WAS ODORLESS, ODOR FREE.
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00:13:01,849 --> 00:13:04,950
I REALIZED THAT THIS WAS
PROBABLY PURE CARBON DIOXIDE.
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IN HIGH CONCENTRATIONS,
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CARBON DIOXIDE IS
AN INVISIBLE KILLER,
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STARVING THE BODY OF OXYGEN
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AND SUFFOCATING VICTIMS
WITHIN MINUTES.
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I DECIDED TO GET OFF THE LAKE
RIGHT AWAY
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BECAUSE I HAD REALIZED
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THAT THE LAKE MIGHT BE
SATURATED IN CO2.
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SIGURDSSON THEORIZED
THE BED OF LAKE MONOUN
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WAS LOADED WITH CARBON DIOXIDE.
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SOMETHING,
POSSIBLY A SEISMIC EVENT,
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DISTURBED THE LAKE BED,
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RELEASING A CLOUD
OF THE TOXIC GAS,
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WHICH SUFFOCATED THE VILLAGERS.
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00:13:46,093 --> 00:13:47,359
BUT AT THE TIME,
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THE SCIENCE COMMUNITY
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00:13:48,895 --> 00:13:51,696
REJECTED HIS RADICAL THEORY.
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THEY FOUND THAT THIS WAS
SUCH AN OUTRAGEOUS IDEA.
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00:13:54,434 --> 00:13:55,901
IT SHOULDN'T BE PUBLISHED.
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THE LAKE NYOS DEATHS
2 YEARS LATER,
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FORCE INVESTIGATORS
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00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:02,908
TO RECONSIDER SIGURDSSON'S WORK.
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00:14:03,844 --> 00:14:05,577
THEY INVITE HIM BACK TO CAMEROON
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00:14:05,579 --> 00:14:08,513
TO HELP SOLVE THE MYSTERY.
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00:14:08,515 --> 00:14:11,583
SIGURDSSON SEARCHES THE SHORES
OF THE CRATER LAKE
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00:14:11,585 --> 00:14:13,251
AND SOON DISCOVERS EVIDENCE
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00:14:13,253 --> 00:14:15,987
TO SUPPORT HIS CO2 THEORY.
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00:14:15,989 --> 00:14:18,656
THERE WAS CLEAR EVIDENCE
OF THE LANDSLIDE
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00:14:18,658 --> 00:14:22,494
THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE THERE
FROM THE BANK OF THE CRATER.
283
00:14:24,197 --> 00:14:26,063
SIGURDSSON
AND HIS FELLOW SCIENTISTS
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00:14:26,065 --> 00:14:30,402
SUSPECT THAT THIS LANDSLIDE
TRIGGERED AN EXPLOSIVE RELEASE
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OF 300,000 TONS
OF LETHAL CARBON DIOXIDE
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00:14:34,274 --> 00:14:36,742
TRAPPED IN THE LAKE BED.
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00:14:36,744 --> 00:14:39,077
IT'S JUST LIKE OPENING
THE CAN OF SODA.
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00:14:39,079 --> 00:14:41,480
YOU SHAKE IT UP,
RELEASE THE PRESSURE,
289
00:14:41,482 --> 00:14:45,550
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THAT CO2
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00:14:45,552 --> 00:14:47,219
WILL COME OUT OF THE WATER,
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00:14:47,221 --> 00:14:50,354
JUST LIKE OUT OF YOUR SODA CAN.
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00:14:50,356 --> 00:14:52,223
THE MASSIVE CLOUD OF CO2
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SWEPT THROUGH LOCAL VILLAGES
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AT OVER 50 MILES PER HOUR,
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00:14:56,764 --> 00:15:01,233
KILLING ALMOST EVERY ANIMAL
AND HUMAN IN ITS PATH.
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AS THIS DEADLY INVISIBLE CLOUD
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00:15:03,570 --> 00:15:05,503
SPREAD THROUGH THE VILLAGE,
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00:15:05,505 --> 00:15:07,172
NOBODY WOULD HAVE SEEN IT.
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00:15:07,174 --> 00:15:11,109
NOBODY WOULD HAVE
KNOWN IT WAS THERE.
300
00:15:11,111 --> 00:15:14,512
SIGURDSSON'S THEORY
ALSO EXPLAINS THE BURN MARKS
301
00:15:14,514 --> 00:15:17,382
ON THE VICTIMS' BODIES.
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00:15:17,384 --> 00:15:19,518
WHEN YOU RELEASE
A TREMENDOUS VOLUME OF GAS
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00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:21,119
FROM A HIGH PRESSURE
TO A LOW PRESSURE,
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00:15:21,121 --> 00:15:23,855
BASICALLY THE RESULT
IS REFRIGERATION.
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00:15:23,857 --> 00:15:27,058
YOU GET A VERY COLD
CLOUD OF GAS.
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00:15:27,060 --> 00:15:28,593
SO THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS
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00:15:28,595 --> 00:15:33,064
THAT ALL THESE LESIONS WERE,
IN FACT, FROSTBITE.
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00:15:33,066 --> 00:15:35,066
FROSTBITE IN AFRICA, AMAZING.
309
00:15:36,870 --> 00:15:40,071
SCIENTISTS FEAR THAT
THE KILLER LAKE PHENOMENON
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00:15:40,073 --> 00:15:42,573
COULD SOON STRIKE AGAIN.
311
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NASA'S EARTH-IMAGING SATELLITES
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PLAY A KEY ROLE IN EFFORTS
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00:15:46,145 --> 00:15:49,014
TO PREVENT FUTURE CATASTROPHES.
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00:15:49,016 --> 00:15:50,415
NASA'S MODUS INSTRUMENTS
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00:15:50,417 --> 00:15:53,018
ATTACHED
TO THE TERRA AND AQUA SATELLITES
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00:15:53,020 --> 00:15:55,019
ARE GIVING US UNIQUE INSIGHTS
317
00:15:55,021 --> 00:15:57,889
INTO THE MECHANISMS
THAT CAN CAUSE DISASTERS,
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00:15:57,891 --> 00:16:00,758
LIKE WE'VE JUST SEEN.
319
00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:02,227
IN 2016,
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00:16:02,229 --> 00:16:04,629
MODUS DATA REVEALS
SOMETHING ALARMING
321
00:16:04,631 --> 00:16:06,231
IN THE WATERS OF LAKE KIVU
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00:16:06,233 --> 00:16:08,767
IN CENTRAL AFRICA.
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00:16:08,769 --> 00:16:11,036
THE CLEAR BLUE WATER OF THE LAKE
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00:16:11,038 --> 00:16:13,304
IS TURNING A MILKY WHITE.
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00:16:13,306 --> 00:16:15,574
IT'S ALMOST SINISTER.
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00:16:15,576 --> 00:16:18,009
COULD THERE BE ANOTHER EVENT
ABOUT TO HAPPEN?
327
00:16:19,713 --> 00:16:21,913
SCIENTISTS CALCULATE
THAT THE LAKE HOLDS
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00:16:21,915 --> 00:16:26,051
500 MILLION TONS OF CO2,
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00:16:26,053 --> 00:16:29,854
800 TIMES MORE THAN LAKE NYOS.
330
00:16:29,856 --> 00:16:33,325
KIVU WAS POTENTIALLY
THE PERFECT STORM.
331
00:16:33,327 --> 00:16:36,061
ITS DENSE POPULATION MEANS
THAT MILLIONS OF LIVES
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00:16:36,063 --> 00:16:37,729
COULD BE AT RISK.
333
00:16:37,731 --> 00:16:42,334
EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY
OTHER KILLER LAKES ARE ONGOING.
334
00:16:42,336 --> 00:16:44,869
IT LEADS TO A GRIM QUESTION,
335
00:16:44,871 --> 00:16:47,072
WHERE AND WHEN
MIGHT THIS HAPPEN AGAIN?
336
00:16:50,010 --> 00:16:51,743
COMING UP...
337
00:16:51,745 --> 00:16:53,812
THE LAST HUMANS
TO WALK ON THE MOON
338
00:16:53,814 --> 00:16:57,182
DISCOVER SOMETHING STRANGE
ON THE LUNAR SURFACE.
339
00:17:00,354 --> 00:17:01,753
YOU CAN HEAR IN HIS VOICE
340
00:17:01,755 --> 00:17:04,689
HOW EXCITED THIS FIND
IS MAKING HIM.
341
00:17:04,691 --> 00:17:08,026
IT'S A GAME CHANGER
AS FAR AS MOON COLONIZATION
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00:17:08,028 --> 00:17:09,561
IS CONCERNED.
343
00:17:22,309 --> 00:17:24,576
ASTRONAUTS
ON THE FINAL APOLLO MISSION
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00:17:24,578 --> 00:17:27,512
MAKE A BIZARRE DISCOVERY
ON THE LUNAR SURFACE.
345
00:17:30,984 --> 00:17:32,516
THIS IS RADICAL.
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00:17:32,518 --> 00:17:33,985
THIS WAS NOT EXPECTED.
347
00:17:36,924 --> 00:17:39,590
THE WEIRD SUBSTANCE
RAISES A POSSIBILITY
348
00:17:39,592 --> 00:17:42,060
THAT WAS ONCE UNTHINKABLE.
349
00:17:42,062 --> 00:17:44,862
THERE MIGHT STILL BE
SOME KIND OF ANCIENT LIFE
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00:17:44,864 --> 00:17:47,799
BURIED DEEP WITHIN
THE MOON'S SOIL.
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00:17:53,206 --> 00:17:58,009
DECEMBER 11, 1972...
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00:17:58,011 --> 00:18:00,011
APOLLO 17 ASTRONAUTS
353
00:18:00,013 --> 00:18:02,080
HARRISON SCHMITT
AND EUGENE CERNAN
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00:18:02,082 --> 00:18:04,082
BEGIN THEIR 3-DAY EXPLORATION
355
00:18:04,084 --> 00:18:05,550
OF THE LUNAR SURFACE.
356
00:18:07,754 --> 00:18:09,888
WE KNEW THAT
THE APOLLO PROGRAM WAS ENDING,
357
00:18:09,890 --> 00:18:12,156
AND WE'D KNOWN THAT
FOR SOME TIME
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00:18:12,158 --> 00:18:14,492
AND THAT WE WOULD BE
THE LAST MISSION.
359
00:18:14,494 --> 00:18:16,161
YOU CAN'T LET THAT DISTRACT YOU.
360
00:18:17,698 --> 00:18:18,763
ON DECEMBER 12,
361
00:18:18,765 --> 00:18:20,098
CERNAN AND SCHMITT EXPLORE
362
00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:22,233
A FEATURE CALLED SHORTY CRATER
363
00:18:22,235 --> 00:18:24,836
IN THE TAURUS-LITTROW
LUNAR VALLEY.
364
00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:29,207
WHAT THEY DISCOVER SHOCKS THEM.
365
00:18:34,247 --> 00:18:36,648
IT'S ORANGE SOIL...
REAL ORANGE SOIL.
366
00:18:36,650 --> 00:18:38,049
AND YOU CAN HEAR IN HIS VOICE
367
00:18:38,051 --> 00:18:40,619
HOW EXCITED THIS FIND
IS MAKING HIM.
368
00:18:47,994 --> 00:18:49,460
THE ASTRONAUTS COLLECT
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00:18:49,462 --> 00:18:51,396
AS MUCH ORANGE DIRT AS POSSIBLE
370
00:18:51,398 --> 00:18:53,765
BEFORE THEY RUN OUT OF OXYGEN.
371
00:19:04,144 --> 00:19:07,411
SCHMITT'S DISCOVERY
BAFFLES SCIENTISTS.
372
00:19:07,413 --> 00:19:10,482
SOME SUGGEST
A POSSIBLE CLUE TO ITS ORIGIN
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00:19:10,484 --> 00:19:13,217
COULD COME FROM HERE, ON EARTH.
374
00:19:13,219 --> 00:19:15,420
ON THE EARTH,
THERE'S LOTS OF REDDISH SOILS
375
00:19:15,422 --> 00:19:19,024
IN PLACES
WHERE THERE'S LOTS OF RAIN,
376
00:19:19,026 --> 00:19:23,094
AND THE WATER IS INTERACTING
WITH THE ORIGINAL ROCK.
377
00:19:23,096 --> 00:19:28,032
THAT PRODUCES THESE REDDISH
IRON-OXIDE SOILS.
378
00:19:28,034 --> 00:19:31,235
IF OXIDATION HAS
TURNED THE DIRT ORANGE,
379
00:19:31,237 --> 00:19:34,105
IT HAS ASTONISHING IMPLICATIONS.
380
00:19:34,107 --> 00:19:37,509
OXIDATION REQUIRES
THE PRESENCE OF WATER.
381
00:19:37,511 --> 00:19:40,712
ON EARTH, WE KNOW THAT
ALL LIFEFORMS NEED WATER.
382
00:19:40,714 --> 00:19:43,481
SO THAT MEANS THERE COULD
HAVE BEEN LIFE ON THE MOON.
383
00:19:46,653 --> 00:19:48,586
WHEN SCHMITT RETURNS TO EARTH,
384
00:19:48,588 --> 00:19:49,987
NASA SCIENTISTS SUBJECT
385
00:19:49,989 --> 00:19:52,624
THE ORANGE SOIL
TO CHEMICAL ANALYSIS.
386
00:19:54,527 --> 00:19:57,728
THEY FIND NO EVIDENCE OF WATER.
387
00:19:57,730 --> 00:20:00,465
INSTEAD, THE DISCOVER
THE DIRT WAS CREATED
388
00:20:00,467 --> 00:20:03,535
BY ANCIENT LUNAR LAVA FLOWS.
389
00:20:03,537 --> 00:20:06,604
IT TURNED OUT
TO BE VOLCANIC DEBRIS
390
00:20:06,606 --> 00:20:09,541
THAT HAD BEEN ERUPTED
ABOUT 3 1/2 BILLION YEARS AGO.
391
00:20:12,145 --> 00:20:15,479
THE MYSTERY
APPEARS TO BE SOLVED,
392
00:20:15,481 --> 00:20:17,281
BUT IN 2011,
393
00:20:17,283 --> 00:20:20,551
NASA RE-EXAMINED SAMPLES
OF SCHMITT'S ORANGE DIRT
394
00:20:20,553 --> 00:20:24,889
USING ADVANCED MOLECULAR
ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGY.
395
00:20:24,891 --> 00:20:28,760
WHAT THEY DISCOVER
IS ASTONISHING.
396
00:20:28,762 --> 00:20:31,629
WATER HIDDEN INSIDE...
397
00:20:31,631 --> 00:20:33,497
THIS IS RADICAL.
398
00:20:33,499 --> 00:20:35,300
THIS WAS NOT EXPECTED.
399
00:20:35,302 --> 00:20:37,568
THE DISCOVERY OF TRACES OF WATER
400
00:20:37,570 --> 00:20:39,036
IN THE VOLCANIC DEBRIS
401
00:20:39,038 --> 00:20:42,907
DIRECTLY CONTRADICTS
THE ACCEPTED SCIENTIFIC THEORY
402
00:20:42,909 --> 00:20:45,310
ABOUT HOW THE MOON WAS FORMED.
403
00:20:45,312 --> 00:20:47,779
ONE OF THE MAJOR IDEAS
OF WHAT FORMED THE MOON IS,
404
00:20:47,781 --> 00:20:50,114
THAT THERE'S
A GIANT MARS-SIZED IMPACT
405
00:20:50,116 --> 00:20:51,483
ON THE EARTH.
406
00:20:55,388 --> 00:20:57,756
BASICALLY,
IT RIPPED THE EARTH APART.
407
00:20:59,926 --> 00:21:02,527
THE THEORY, KNOWN AS BIG SPLASH,
408
00:21:02,529 --> 00:21:05,997
SUGGESTS THAT WHEN THE OBJECT
SMASHED IN TO THE EARTH,
409
00:21:05,999 --> 00:21:09,333
IT THREW DEBRIS OUT INTO SPACE.
410
00:21:09,335 --> 00:21:13,003
THIS DEBRIS THEN MERGED
OVER 100 YEARS
411
00:21:13,005 --> 00:21:15,406
TO FORM THE MOON.
412
00:21:15,408 --> 00:21:19,144
BUT IT WAS SUCH A BIG EVENT,
IT WAS SUCH A COLLISION,
413
00:21:19,146 --> 00:21:22,479
IT SHOULD HAVE MELTED
AND VAPORIZED SO MUCH MATERIAL.
414
00:21:22,481 --> 00:21:24,883
HOW COULD YOU HAVE
ANY WATER PRESERVED?
415
00:21:24,885 --> 00:21:27,685
AND YET, THERE IT IS.
416
00:21:27,687 --> 00:21:30,688
IF THE MOON HAS
SUBTERRANEAN WATER DEPOSITS,
417
00:21:30,690 --> 00:21:35,293
IT MIGHT MEAN
LIFE EXISTED THERE IN THE PAST.
418
00:21:35,295 --> 00:21:37,862
AND IT COULD ENABLE MANKIND
419
00:21:37,864 --> 00:21:39,564
TO LIVE THERE IN THE FUTURE.
420
00:21:39,566 --> 00:21:40,899
THE COLONIZATION OF THE MOON
421
00:21:40,901 --> 00:21:43,368
HAS BEEN ON THE CARDS
FOR A LONG TIME,
422
00:21:43,370 --> 00:21:45,170
AND THE SINGLE OBJECTION
423
00:21:45,172 --> 00:21:48,039
WAS A LACK OF WATER.
424
00:21:48,041 --> 00:21:50,575
NASA'S LUNAR FLASHLIGHT MISSION
425
00:21:50,577 --> 00:21:51,976
IS ONE OF SEVERAL AIMED
426
00:21:51,978 --> 00:21:53,845
AT INVESTIGATING THE POSSIBILITY
427
00:21:53,847 --> 00:21:57,048
OF MINING WATER FROM THE MOON.
428
00:21:57,050 --> 00:21:59,851
THE SPACE AGENCY HOPES
TO USE THE WATER
429
00:21:59,853 --> 00:22:01,920
TO CREATE BREATHABLE AIR,
430
00:22:01,922 --> 00:22:05,990
GROW FOOD, AND MAKE ROCKET FUEL.
431
00:22:05,992 --> 00:22:07,458
IF WATER EXISTS,
432
00:22:07,460 --> 00:22:10,561
EVEN IN THE FORM
OF HYDRATED MINERALS,
433
00:22:10,563 --> 00:22:14,532
THEN IT IS POSSIBLE THAT
WE COULD EXTRACT THIS WATER.
434
00:22:14,534 --> 00:22:17,802
IT'S A GAME CHANGER
AS FAR AS MOON COLONIZATION
435
00:22:17,804 --> 00:22:18,804
IS CONCERNED.
436
00:22:20,940 --> 00:22:24,075
NASA SCIENTISTS HOPE
TO ESTABLISH A LUNAR BASE
437
00:22:24,077 --> 00:22:27,278
AS EARLY AS 2022,
438
00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:30,882
AND IT COULD BE THANKS
TO A STRANGE DISCOVERY MADE
439
00:22:30,884 --> 00:22:35,019
BY THE LAST HUMANS
TO SET FOOT ON THE MOON.
440
00:22:35,021 --> 00:22:36,354
AS WE APPROACHED LIFTOFF
441
00:22:36,356 --> 00:22:37,955
FROM THE VALLEY
OF TAURUS-LITTROW
442
00:22:37,957 --> 00:22:39,357
ON APOLLO 17,
443
00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:42,693
I DON'T THINK WE IMAGINED
THAT IT WOULD BE OVER 50 YEARS
444
00:22:42,695 --> 00:22:44,662
BEFORE SOMEBODY WENT BACK.
445
00:22:49,101 --> 00:22:50,434
COMING UP...
446
00:22:50,436 --> 00:22:51,903
A MISSION TO MARS SUFFERS
447
00:22:51,905 --> 00:22:54,505
A CATASTROPHIC MALFUNCTION.
448
00:22:54,507 --> 00:22:56,708
THE SPACECRAFT
IS LOSING ALTITUDE
449
00:22:56,710 --> 00:22:59,109
SEVERAL KILOMETERS PER DAY.
450
00:22:59,111 --> 00:23:01,912
WHEN THE SPACECRAFT
BREAKS DOWN COMMUNICATIONS
451
00:23:01,914 --> 00:23:04,315
AT THE VERY CRITICAL MOMENT
OF THE MISSION,
452
00:23:04,317 --> 00:23:05,884
THIS IS A VERY BAD SIGN.
453
00:23:19,532 --> 00:23:23,468
DISASTER STRIKES
A RUSSIAN MISSION TO MARS.
454
00:23:23,470 --> 00:23:25,803
EVERYBODY IS PANICKING.
455
00:23:25,805 --> 00:23:28,406
THEY CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO IT?
456
00:23:28,408 --> 00:23:31,276
A SPACE PROBE
JUST DOESN'T DISAPPEAR.
457
00:23:31,278 --> 00:23:32,877
THE INCIDENT FUELS TENSION
458
00:23:32,879 --> 00:23:35,346
BETWEEN THE SUPERPOWERS.
459
00:23:35,348 --> 00:23:36,747
RUSSIAN OFFICIALS ARE STARTING
460
00:23:36,749 --> 00:23:39,250
TO POINT FINGERS
AT THE UNITED STATES.
461
00:23:45,959 --> 00:23:48,960
SINCE 1960,
THE RUSSIAN SPACE PROGRAM
462
00:23:48,962 --> 00:23:51,429
HAS LAUNCHED
18 MISSIONS TO MARS.
463
00:23:53,699 --> 00:23:57,368
ALMOST ALL
HAVE ENDED IN FAILURE.
464
00:23:57,370 --> 00:23:59,304
IT GOT SO BAD
THAT PEOPLE BEGAN TO SUSPECT
465
00:23:59,306 --> 00:24:00,705
OR AT LEAST JOKE ABOUT,
466
00:24:00,707 --> 00:24:04,108
A RUSSIAN CURSE
FOR MARS MISSIONS.
467
00:24:04,110 --> 00:24:05,643
IN 2011,
468
00:24:05,645 --> 00:24:08,846
THE RUSSIANS PREPARE
TO LAUNCH THE FOBOS-GRUNT PROBE,
469
00:24:08,848 --> 00:24:11,448
WHICH COULD OFFER
A SHOT AT REDEMPTION.
470
00:24:12,786 --> 00:24:14,185
THE CRAFT'S MISSION IS
471
00:24:14,187 --> 00:24:16,120
TO LAND ON AND INVESTIGATE
472
00:24:16,122 --> 00:24:18,389
MARS' LARGEST MOON.
473
00:24:18,391 --> 00:24:20,324
THIS WAS TO BE
A PIONEERING MISSION
474
00:24:20,326 --> 00:24:23,127
TO RETRIEVE SAMPLES
FROM THE MARTIAN MOON, PHOBOS,
475
00:24:23,129 --> 00:24:26,931
BACK TO EARTH FOR STUDY.
476
00:24:26,933 --> 00:24:29,266
AT 12:16 A.M. ON NOVEMBER 9,
477
00:24:29,268 --> 00:24:31,135
FOBOS-GRUNT BLASTS OFF
478
00:24:31,137 --> 00:24:34,572
FROM THE BAIKONUR COSMODROME
IN KAZAKHSTAN.
479
00:24:37,344 --> 00:24:40,478
BUT JUST 2 1/2 HOURS
INTO ITS FLIGHT,
480
00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,414
THE CRAFT
MYSTERIOUSLY MALFUNCTIONS.
481
00:24:43,416 --> 00:24:45,883
SUDDENLY, SPACECRAFT BREAKS DOWN
482
00:24:45,885 --> 00:24:48,085
COMMUNICATIONS
WITH GROUND CONTROL.
483
00:24:48,087 --> 00:24:51,422
THIS IS A VERY BAD SIGN.
484
00:24:51,424 --> 00:24:54,225
GROUND CONTROLLERS
STRUGGLE TO REESTABLISH CONTACT
485
00:24:54,227 --> 00:24:56,827
WITH THE STRICKEN SPACECRAFT.
486
00:24:56,829 --> 00:25:00,431
TRAJECTORY DATA REVEALS
IT IS SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL
487
00:25:00,433 --> 00:25:03,034
IN LOWER ORBIT.
488
00:25:03,036 --> 00:25:04,769
THE ROCKET BOOSTER
THAT'S SUPPOSED
489
00:25:04,771 --> 00:25:07,505
TO PUSH IT ONTO MARS
WILL NOT IGNITE.
490
00:25:07,507 --> 00:25:09,440
AND MEANWHILE, THE SPACECRAFT
491
00:25:09,442 --> 00:25:12,443
IS LOSING ALTITUDE,
SEVERAL KILOMETERS PER DAY.
492
00:25:12,445 --> 00:25:15,713
THEY REALIZED THAT IT WILL
493
00:25:15,715 --> 00:25:18,116
ENTER THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE
AND DISINTEGRATE.
494
00:25:18,118 --> 00:25:21,386
AND THE ONLY QUESTION
THAT REMAINS IS, WHERE?
495
00:25:22,655 --> 00:25:26,791
AT 9:45 P.M.
ON JANUARY 15, 2012,
496
00:25:26,793 --> 00:25:28,126
FOBOS-GRUNT BURNS UP
497
00:25:28,128 --> 00:25:30,194
AS IT REENTERS
THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE
498
00:25:30,196 --> 00:25:31,963
ABOVE THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
499
00:25:36,269 --> 00:25:38,870
MINUTES LATER, DEBRIS RAINS DOWN
500
00:25:38,872 --> 00:25:41,271
CLOSE TO SOUTH AMERICA.
501
00:25:41,273 --> 00:25:44,008
THIS IS REALLY A DISASTER
FOR THE RUSSIAN SPACE PROGRAM.
502
00:25:44,010 --> 00:25:46,811
SO MUCH WAS RIDING
ON THIS MISSION.
503
00:25:48,748 --> 00:25:50,681
THE RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY,
504
00:25:50,683 --> 00:25:53,284
ROSCOSMOS,
LAUNCHES AN INVESTIGATION
505
00:25:53,286 --> 00:25:55,953
INTO THE MISSION'S
CATASTROPHIC FAILURE.
506
00:25:59,292 --> 00:26:01,959
ITS GENERAL DIRECTOR,
VLADIMIR POPOVKIN,
507
00:26:01,961 --> 00:26:04,896
ISSUES A DRAMATIC STATEMENT.
508
00:26:04,898 --> 00:26:08,299
POPOVKIN ESSENTIALLY ASSERTS
THAT IT'S AMERICANS,
509
00:26:08,301 --> 00:26:12,803
SOMEHOW RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE FAILURE OF FOBOS-GRUNT.
510
00:26:12,805 --> 00:26:14,906
THE ACCUSATION COMES AT A TIME
511
00:26:14,908 --> 00:26:18,910
OF INCREASING TENSIONS
BETWEEN THE SUPERPOWERS.
512
00:26:18,912 --> 00:26:20,244
A FORMER COMMANDER
513
00:26:20,246 --> 00:26:22,646
OF RUSSIA'S BALLISTIC MISSILE
WARNING SYSTEM
514
00:26:22,648 --> 00:26:26,651
OPENLY ACCUSES ONE
SPECIFIC AMERICAN FACILITY.
515
00:26:29,054 --> 00:26:30,855
HAARP...
516
00:26:30,857 --> 00:26:33,591
A SECRETIVE MILITARY
RESEARCH SITE IN ALASKA
517
00:26:33,593 --> 00:26:35,259
THAT USES RADIO WAVES
518
00:26:35,261 --> 00:26:38,796
TO CONDUCT
ATMOSPHERIC EXPERIMENTS.
519
00:26:38,798 --> 00:26:43,134
THIS IS A PROGRAM DESIGNED
TO MONITOR AND EXPLORE
520
00:26:43,136 --> 00:26:44,869
THE EARTH'S IONOSPHERE...
521
00:26:44,871 --> 00:26:48,139
THE CHARGED LAYER
OF THE EARTH'S UPPER ATMOSPHERE.
522
00:26:50,743 --> 00:26:52,343
THE PENTAGON DENIES
523
00:26:52,345 --> 00:26:54,478
THAT IT USED
HAARP'S RADIO PULSES
524
00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:56,247
TO ATTACK FOBOS-GRUNT.
525
00:26:58,484 --> 00:27:01,552
SCIENTISTS ALSO DOUBT
THE ALASKA FACILITY
526
00:27:01,554 --> 00:27:04,622
TARGETED THE ORBITING PROBE.
527
00:27:04,624 --> 00:27:06,757
THE PROBLEM WITH BLAMING HAARP
528
00:27:06,759 --> 00:27:09,227
IS HAARP ISN'T
NEARLY POWERFUL ENOUGH
529
00:27:09,229 --> 00:27:11,962
TO AFFECT
THE FOBOS-GRUNT SPACECRAFT,
530
00:27:11,964 --> 00:27:13,965
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S IN ORBIT.
531
00:27:13,967 --> 00:27:16,433
THE CLAIMS OF SABOTAGE
532
00:27:16,435 --> 00:27:18,970
THREATEN TO SEVERELY
DAMAGE RELATIONS
533
00:27:18,972 --> 00:27:22,172
BETWEEN RUSSIA AND AMERICA.
534
00:27:22,174 --> 00:27:24,375
BUT ON JANUARY 31st,
535
00:27:24,377 --> 00:27:26,710
VLADIMIR POPOVKIN BACKTRACKS
536
00:27:26,712 --> 00:27:27,911
AND ISSUES A STATEMENT
537
00:27:27,913 --> 00:27:30,781
CLAIMING THE CAUSE
OF THE STRANGE MALFUNCTION
538
00:27:30,783 --> 00:27:33,517
COMES FROM OUTER SPACE.
539
00:27:33,519 --> 00:27:37,255
COSMIC RAY PARTICLES ARE ALWAYS
PASSING THROUGH SPACECRAFT.
540
00:27:37,257 --> 00:27:39,256
AND IF THEY HIT CERTAIN CIRCUITS
541
00:27:39,258 --> 00:27:40,925
AND CERTAIN CIRCUIT ELEMENTS,
542
00:27:40,927 --> 00:27:43,727
THEY CAN SEND BLIPS,
THOSE LITTLE SIGNALS DOWN
543
00:27:43,729 --> 00:27:46,397
THE WIRE AT THE WRONG TIME.
544
00:27:46,399 --> 00:27:47,998
COSMIC RAYS ARE KNOWN
545
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,536
TO HAVE DISABLED SPACECRAFT
IN EARTH'S ORBIT.
546
00:27:51,538 --> 00:27:53,871
BUT FOBOS-GRUNT'S LOW ALTITUDE
547
00:27:53,873 --> 00:27:56,140
MEANS IT WAS PROBABLY
OUT OF RANGE
548
00:27:56,142 --> 00:27:58,742
OF THIS RADIOACTIVE ATTACK.
549
00:27:58,744 --> 00:28:02,479
FOBOS-GRUNT IS NOWHERE NEAR
THE RADIATION BELT OF THE EARTH.
550
00:28:02,481 --> 00:28:03,781
IT'S FAR BELOW.
551
00:28:05,885 --> 00:28:07,885
THERE'S NO WAY FOBOS-GRUNT
552
00:28:07,887 --> 00:28:11,154
COULD HAVE BEEN AFFECTED
BY A COSMIC RAY.
553
00:28:11,156 --> 00:28:12,889
IN THE LAST WEEK OF JANUARY,
554
00:28:12,891 --> 00:28:14,759
SOURCES WITHIN ROSCOSMOS
555
00:28:14,761 --> 00:28:17,495
LEAK INFORMATION
FROM THE AGENCY'S INVESTIGATION
556
00:28:17,497 --> 00:28:19,163
INTO THE DOOMED FLIGHT.
557
00:28:21,701 --> 00:28:24,168
THEY CLAIM THAT,
SOON AFTER LAUNCH,
558
00:28:24,170 --> 00:28:27,437
THE PROBE'S FLIGHT
CONTROL SYSTEMS CRASHED.
559
00:28:27,439 --> 00:28:29,574
SOMETHING HAPPENED
TO THE ONBOARD COMPUTER.
560
00:28:29,576 --> 00:28:30,775
IT GOT CONFUSED.
561
00:28:30,777 --> 00:28:32,710
IT HALTED THE ROCKET BURN,
562
00:28:32,712 --> 00:28:35,580
AND IT JUST BASICALLY
SHUT ITSELF DOWN,
563
00:28:35,582 --> 00:28:37,715
WAITING FOR HELP FROM EARTH.
564
00:28:37,717 --> 00:28:39,637
BUT HELP FROM EARTH NEVER CAME.
565
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,520
THE REVELATIONS
EMBARRASSED THE KREMLIN
566
00:28:43,522 --> 00:28:45,188
AND EXPOSED SERIOUS FLAWS
567
00:28:45,190 --> 00:28:47,525
WITHIN THE RUSSIAN
SPACE PROGRAM.
568
00:28:47,527 --> 00:28:49,660
IT WAS CLEAR THAT
THE PREPARATION FOR THE FLIGHT
569
00:28:49,662 --> 00:28:51,729
HAD BEEN RUSHED
BECAUSE OF THE INTENSE
570
00:28:51,731 --> 00:28:53,931
POLITICAL PRESSURE
ON THE PROGRAM
571
00:28:53,933 --> 00:28:55,198
FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
572
00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,935
THE PRESSURE ON THE TECHNICIANS
ARE SO HIGH
573
00:28:57,937 --> 00:28:59,736
THAT SEVERAL TECHNICIANS
574
00:28:59,738 --> 00:29:01,005
IN THIS RUSSIAN SPACE PROGRAM
575
00:29:01,007 --> 00:29:03,774
WERE THREATENED
TO BE IMPRISONED.
576
00:29:05,344 --> 00:29:07,345
DESPITE THE DAMNING REPORT,
577
00:29:07,347 --> 00:29:09,413
IN OCTOBER 2013,
578
00:29:09,415 --> 00:29:11,081
THE RUSSIANS ANNOUNCE
THEY INTEND
579
00:29:11,083 --> 00:29:13,150
TO SEND ANOTHER PROBE TO FOBOS
580
00:29:13,152 --> 00:29:16,087
IN THE NEXT DECADE.
581
00:29:16,089 --> 00:29:19,957
THE MISSION REPRESENTS
ANOTHER HIGH-PROFILE OPPORTUNITY
582
00:29:19,959 --> 00:29:23,560
FOR THE SUPERPOWER
TO BREAK ITS MARTIAN JINX.
583
00:29:23,562 --> 00:29:27,298
WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT
THE RUSSIAN MARS CURSE
584
00:29:27,300 --> 00:29:30,101
DOESN'T COME BACK TO HAUNT THEM
AGAIN NEXT TIME.
585
00:29:32,371 --> 00:29:33,971
COMING UP...
586
00:29:33,973 --> 00:29:36,107
A STRANGE AERIAL PHENOMENON
587
00:29:36,109 --> 00:29:38,843
FUELS PANIC IN LOS ANGELES.
588
00:29:38,845 --> 00:29:40,110
THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS.
589
00:29:40,112 --> 00:29:44,047
THEY'RE ASKING,
"ARE WE UNDER ATTACK?"
590
00:29:44,049 --> 00:29:45,716
IS SOMEBODY TESTING WEAPONS
591
00:29:45,718 --> 00:29:47,518
RIGHT ON AMERICA'S DOORSTEP?
592
00:30:02,401 --> 00:30:04,067
A MYSTERY SIGHTING IN THE SKIES
593
00:30:04,069 --> 00:30:06,937
TERRIFIES LOS ANGELES.
594
00:30:06,939 --> 00:30:08,405
COULD IT BE A FOREIGN POWER?
595
00:30:08,407 --> 00:30:11,274
IS SOMEBODY TESTING WEAPONS
RIGHT ON AMERICA'S DOORSTEP?
596
00:30:11,276 --> 00:30:13,143
THE OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
597
00:30:13,145 --> 00:30:14,945
CAUSES CONTROVERSY.
598
00:30:14,947 --> 00:30:16,413
ARE WE BEING LIED TO?
599
00:30:16,415 --> 00:30:19,116
IS THE CONTRAIL
JUST A COVER STORY?
600
00:30:23,822 --> 00:30:27,358
NOVEMBER 8, 2010, LOS ANGELES...
601
00:30:29,027 --> 00:30:30,294
THOUSANDS OF WITNESSES
602
00:30:30,296 --> 00:30:32,963
SEE A BRIGHT PLUME
ARCH HIGH INTO THE SKY
603
00:30:32,965 --> 00:30:35,499
ABOVE THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
604
00:30:35,501 --> 00:30:37,902
PEOPLE SEE
SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY.
605
00:30:37,904 --> 00:30:39,836
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING
606
00:30:39,838 --> 00:30:41,838
COMING UP OUT OF THE OCEAN
607
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,141
AND FLYING INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.
608
00:30:46,045 --> 00:30:49,714
THE DISTURBING SIGHT
CAUSES PANIC ACROSS THE CITY.
609
00:30:49,716 --> 00:30:51,315
PEOPLE ARE STUNNED.
610
00:30:51,317 --> 00:30:53,517
THEY SEE THIS THING, THEY PANIC.
611
00:30:53,519 --> 00:30:58,189
I MEAN, A MISSILE LAUNCH
OFF THE COAST OF LOS ANGELES?
612
00:30:58,191 --> 00:30:59,523
THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS.
613
00:30:59,525 --> 00:31:02,660
THEY'RE ASKING,
"WHAT'S GOING ON?
614
00:31:02,662 --> 00:31:04,195
ARE WE UNDER ATTACK?"
615
00:31:06,599 --> 00:31:08,466
THE SIGHTING TRIGGERS FEARS
616
00:31:08,468 --> 00:31:11,602
OF A FAILED WEAPONS TEST.
617
00:31:11,604 --> 00:31:13,670
COULD IT BE
THAT THE MILITARY HAS LAUNCHED
618
00:31:13,672 --> 00:31:15,606
AN INTERCONTINENTAL
BALLISTIC MISSILE
619
00:31:15,608 --> 00:31:17,768
FROM A SUBMARINE OFF
THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA?
620
00:31:20,412 --> 00:31:22,079
A STARTLINGLY SIMILAR INCIDENT
621
00:31:22,081 --> 00:31:25,215
OCCURS FIVE YEARS LATER,
IN NOVEMBER 2015,
622
00:31:25,217 --> 00:31:26,884
WHEN AN UNANNOUNCED TEST LAUNCH
623
00:31:26,886 --> 00:31:29,052
SHOCKED THE RESIDENTS
OF POINT MUGU,
624
00:31:29,054 --> 00:31:32,956
JUST 50 MILES FROM DOWNTOWN L.A.
625
00:31:32,958 --> 00:31:35,025
THIS TIME, IT EMERGES
626
00:31:35,027 --> 00:31:37,260
THAT THE US NAVY
WERE RESPONSIBLE.
627
00:31:37,262 --> 00:31:40,764
THEY LAUNCHED A TRIDENT MISSILE,
628
00:31:40,766 --> 00:31:42,165
BUT THEY DID IT IN SECRET
629
00:31:42,167 --> 00:31:45,235
SO AS TO ESCAPE THE PRYING EYES
630
00:31:45,237 --> 00:31:47,104
OF THE RUSSIANS AND THE CHINESE.
631
00:31:47,106 --> 00:31:50,841
WHEN THE MILITARY TESTS
NEW EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY,
632
00:31:50,843 --> 00:31:55,312
IT LIKES TO KEEP THESE THINGS
UNDER WRAPS.
633
00:31:55,314 --> 00:31:57,715
THE CONTRAIL
IN THE SKIES OVER L.A.
634
00:31:57,717 --> 00:32:01,652
DOES BEAR SOME OF THE HALLMARKS
OF A MISSILE LAUNCH,
635
00:32:01,654 --> 00:32:03,653
BUT INQUIRIES AT THE PENTAGON
636
00:32:03,655 --> 00:32:04,855
YIELD NOTHING.
637
00:32:04,857 --> 00:32:06,924
THEN THEY HOLD
A PRESS CONFERENCE.
638
00:32:06,926 --> 00:32:10,260
AND INCREDIBLY,
THEY TURN AROUND AND SAY,
639
00:32:10,262 --> 00:32:12,996
"WE DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THIS."
640
00:32:12,998 --> 00:32:14,197
WELL, THAT'S PRETTY WORRYING
641
00:32:14,199 --> 00:32:16,400
IF THE PENTAGON
DON'T HAVE A CLUE
642
00:32:16,402 --> 00:32:20,070
WHAT'S GOING ON JUST OFF
THE COAST OF THE UNITED STATES.
643
00:32:20,072 --> 00:32:24,341
THE PENTAGON'S DENIAL
ROUSES SUSPICIONS OF A COVER-UP,
644
00:32:24,343 --> 00:32:26,610
PERHAPS OF A POTENTIALLY
DEADLY ACCIDENT
645
00:32:26,612 --> 00:32:29,346
INVOLVING NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
646
00:32:29,348 --> 00:32:30,681
SOUNDS FAR-FETCHED,
647
00:32:30,683 --> 00:32:33,484
ACCIDENTALLY FIRING
OF AN I.C.B.M.,
648
00:32:33,486 --> 00:32:37,954
BUT THERE HAVE BEEN
ACCIDENTS BEFORE.
649
00:32:37,956 --> 00:32:39,156
IN 1980,
650
00:32:39,158 --> 00:32:40,891
A NUCLEAR-ARMED TITAN II MISSILE
651
00:32:40,893 --> 00:32:44,494
LAUNCHED ACCIDENTALLY
FROM LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE
652
00:32:44,496 --> 00:32:46,163
IN ARKANSAS.
653
00:32:46,165 --> 00:32:49,633
SOMETHING PIERCES THE FUEL TANK
OF THE ROCKET.
654
00:32:49,635 --> 00:32:51,768
THE FUEL TANK EXPLODES,
655
00:32:51,770 --> 00:32:55,039
AND IT SENDS THE MISSILE
HIGH INTO THE SKY.
656
00:32:55,041 --> 00:32:57,908
THE PLUTONIUM WARHEAD
DOESN'T IGNITE,
657
00:32:59,912 --> 00:33:02,379
BUT THE INCIDENT
IS A HARROWING BRUSH
658
00:33:02,381 --> 00:33:05,448
WITH NUCLEAR DEVASTATION
ON U.S. SOIL.
659
00:33:05,450 --> 00:33:08,185
THE MILITARY PUTS
IN RESTRICTIONS,
660
00:33:08,187 --> 00:33:09,453
ENSURING THAT SOMETHING
LIKE THIS
661
00:33:09,455 --> 00:33:12,789
SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.
662
00:33:12,791 --> 00:33:15,992
WITH THE U.S. MILITARY
DENYING ALL RESPONSIBILITY,
663
00:33:15,994 --> 00:33:19,129
SUSPICION FALLS
ON AMERICA'S ENEMIES.
664
00:33:19,131 --> 00:33:20,531
COULD IT BE A FOREIGN POWER?
665
00:33:20,533 --> 00:33:24,334
IS SOMEBODY TESTING WEAPONS
RIGHT ON AMERICA'S DOORSTEP?
666
00:33:24,336 --> 00:33:27,871
THE NORTH KOREANS HAVE CONDUCTED
MULTIPLE NUCLEAR WEAPONS
667
00:33:27,873 --> 00:33:29,340
AND LONG-RANGE MISSILE TESTS
668
00:33:29,342 --> 00:33:32,142
IN THE FACE
OF INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION.
669
00:33:32,144 --> 00:33:33,810
RECENT INTELLIGENCE REPORTS
670
00:33:33,812 --> 00:33:37,548
SHOW NORTH KOREA IS
DEVELOPING THE ABILITY TO LAUNCH
671
00:33:37,550 --> 00:33:39,950
AN INTERCONTINENTAL
BALLISTIC MISSILE
672
00:33:39,952 --> 00:33:41,818
FROM A SUBMARINE.
673
00:33:41,820 --> 00:33:43,554
IN AUGUST 2016,
THE NORTH KOREANS
674
00:33:43,556 --> 00:33:47,892
LAUNCH A ROCKET THAT COULD BE
USED AS AN I.C.B.M.
675
00:33:47,894 --> 00:33:50,160
IT TRAVELS 600 MILES
AND SPLASHES DOWN
676
00:33:50,162 --> 00:33:53,630
IN THE SEA OF JAPAN.
677
00:33:53,632 --> 00:33:56,900
BUT AT THE TIME
OF THE MYSTERY LAUNCH IN 2010,
678
00:33:56,902 --> 00:34:01,906
NORTH KOREA DID NOT YET HAVE
A SUBMARINE LAUNCH CAPABILITY.
679
00:34:01,908 --> 00:34:03,641
IMAGE ANALYST MARC D'ANTONIO
680
00:34:03,643 --> 00:34:07,311
SEARCHES THE FOOTAGE FOR CLUES.
681
00:34:07,313 --> 00:34:09,847
THESE IMAGES ARE PART
OF A SEQUENCE OF IMAGES.
682
00:34:09,849 --> 00:34:13,384
SO WE CAN ACTUALLY
LOOK AT THE DATA ASSOCIATED
683
00:34:13,386 --> 00:34:15,786
WITH EACH IMAGE
IN THAT SEQUENCE.
684
00:34:15,788 --> 00:34:20,457
AT 6:20:35, THIS IS WHERE
THE OBJECT IS IN THE SKY.
685
00:34:20,459 --> 00:34:24,528
MOVING AHEAD NOW TO 6:21:34,
686
00:34:24,530 --> 00:34:26,597
THE OBJECT WENT FROM HERE
687
00:34:26,599 --> 00:34:32,202
TO HERE IN 60 SECONDS.
688
00:34:32,204 --> 00:34:35,939
THAT'S WAY TOO SLOW
TO BE A MISSILE.
689
00:34:35,941 --> 00:34:39,209
ICBMS MOVE
AT 18,000 MILES AN HOUR.
690
00:34:39,211 --> 00:34:40,878
WHATEVER'S CAUSING THIS,
691
00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:43,180
IT'S NOT MOVING
AT NEARLY THAT SPEED.
692
00:34:45,685 --> 00:34:48,152
WHEN MILITARY ANALYSTS
DRAW A BLANK,
693
00:34:48,154 --> 00:34:50,687
NASA GETS INVOLVED.
694
00:34:50,689 --> 00:34:52,956
THE FOOTAGE ATTRACTS
THE ATTENTION
695
00:34:52,958 --> 00:34:56,427
OF TWO NASA CONTRAIL EXPERTS,
696
00:34:56,429 --> 00:34:58,829
AND THEY TAKE
A VERY DETAILED LOOK.
697
00:34:58,831 --> 00:34:59,897
METEOROLOGISTS
698
00:34:59,899 --> 00:35:02,065
AT NASA'S
LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
699
00:35:02,067 --> 00:35:03,434
ANALYZE WEATHER IMAGERY
700
00:35:03,436 --> 00:35:06,103
FROM A GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE.
701
00:35:06,105 --> 00:35:07,371
WHILE THEY'RE DOING THIS,
702
00:35:07,373 --> 00:35:10,707
THEY NOTICE
A PERSISTENT CONTRAIL.
703
00:35:10,709 --> 00:35:13,243
AND IT BECOMES CLEAR TO THEM,
704
00:35:13,245 --> 00:35:15,713
THIS COULD BE THE EXPLANATION.
705
00:35:15,715 --> 00:35:18,582
IT COULD JUST BE
CONTRAILS LEFT BEHIND
706
00:35:18,584 --> 00:35:21,184
FROM A AVERAGE
COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE.
707
00:35:21,186 --> 00:35:23,654
WHAT LOOKS LIKE
A VERTICAL CONTRAIL
708
00:35:23,656 --> 00:35:27,724
MAY SIMPLY BE
A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE.
709
00:35:27,726 --> 00:35:29,393
WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE
IS AN ILLUSION CAUSED
710
00:35:29,395 --> 00:35:31,061
BY THE CURVATURE OF THE EARTH.
711
00:35:31,063 --> 00:35:33,329
THE CONTRAIL LOOKS
LIKE IT'S GOING UP.
712
00:35:33,331 --> 00:35:35,866
BUT THE PLANE IS COMING
RIGHT TOWARD US,
713
00:35:35,868 --> 00:35:38,669
AND IT'S ARCHING AROUND
THE CURVE OF THE EARTH.
714
00:35:38,671 --> 00:35:40,871
SO CONTRAILS DOWN HERE
715
00:35:40,873 --> 00:35:43,540
ARE GOING TO LOOK
LIKE THEY'RE GOING UP.
716
00:35:43,542 --> 00:35:45,743
FAR FROM ACTUALLY
BEING SOMETHING
717
00:35:45,745 --> 00:35:47,478
WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE OCEAN
718
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:49,079
AND WENT UP INTO THE ATMOSPHERE,
719
00:35:49,081 --> 00:35:53,150
THIS THING WAS
ACTUALLY HORIZONTAL.
720
00:35:53,152 --> 00:35:56,420
THE JET EXPLANATION
ABSOLVES THE U.S. MILITARY
721
00:35:56,422 --> 00:35:57,688
OF ANY BLAME
722
00:35:57,690 --> 00:35:59,823
AND CONFIRMS THAT, FOR NOW,
723
00:35:59,825 --> 00:36:01,959
THE WEST COAST IS OUT OF RANGE
724
00:36:01,961 --> 00:36:05,095
OF NORTH KOREA'S WEAPONS
OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
725
00:36:10,769 --> 00:36:12,503
COMING UP...
726
00:36:12,505 --> 00:36:15,105
ASTRONOMERS DISCOVER
A BIZARRE OBJECT
727
00:36:15,107 --> 00:36:18,308
IN THE OUTER REACHES
OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM.
728
00:36:18,310 --> 00:36:21,044
THIS OBJECT IS VERY UNUSUAL.
729
00:36:21,046 --> 00:36:23,447
IT MIGHT REMAIN
A MYSTERY FOREVER.
730
00:36:37,797 --> 00:36:39,196
ASTRONOMERS DISCOVER
731
00:36:39,198 --> 00:36:42,265
AN UNIDENTIFIED ENTITY TRAVELING
THROUGH OUR SOLAR SYSTEM.
732
00:36:42,267 --> 00:36:45,335
SO WE HAVE A VERY
BIZARRE OBJECT HERE
733
00:36:45,337 --> 00:36:48,071
THAT WE REALLY CAN'T EXPLAIN.
734
00:36:48,073 --> 00:36:50,140
THE MYSTERY OBJECT'S MOVEMENTS
735
00:36:50,142 --> 00:36:53,010
BAFFLE OBSERVERS.
736
00:36:53,012 --> 00:36:55,679
ALL THE MAJOR PLANETS
IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
737
00:36:55,681 --> 00:36:57,614
ORBIT IN THE SAME PLANE
738
00:36:57,616 --> 00:36:59,283
AND IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
739
00:36:59,285 --> 00:37:02,786
BUT THIS OBJECT GOES BACKWARDS.
740
00:37:09,694 --> 00:37:13,497
MAY 31, 2011, ARIZONA...
741
00:37:16,034 --> 00:37:18,501
ASTRONOMERS
AT THE MOUNT LEMMON OBSERVATORY
742
00:37:18,503 --> 00:37:22,439
SPOT SOMETHING STRANGE MOVING
PAST THE MOST DISTANT PLANET
743
00:37:22,441 --> 00:37:23,540
FROM OUR SUN.
744
00:37:25,710 --> 00:37:28,712
ASTRONOMERS HAVE NOW FOUND
THIS VERY BIZARRE OBJECT
745
00:37:28,714 --> 00:37:30,647
OUT THERE IN THE FAR REACHES
OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM,
746
00:37:30,649 --> 00:37:33,517
OUT JUST BEYOND NEPTUNE.
747
00:37:33,519 --> 00:37:38,455
THE WEIRD OBJECT
IS OVER 120 MILES WIDE,
748
00:37:38,457 --> 00:37:39,723
AND IT'S MOVING IN A WAY
749
00:37:39,725 --> 00:37:43,459
THAT APPEARS
TO DEFY THE LAWS OF PHYSICS.
750
00:37:43,461 --> 00:37:46,129
ALL THE MAJOR PLANETS
IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
751
00:37:46,131 --> 00:37:49,266
ORBIT AROUND THE SUN
IN THE SAME PLANE
752
00:37:49,268 --> 00:37:50,600
AND IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
753
00:37:50,602 --> 00:37:54,671
BUT THIS OBJECT,
ITS ORBIT IS HIGHLY INCLINED,
754
00:37:54,673 --> 00:37:58,609
AND IT GOES BACKWARDS.
755
00:37:58,611 --> 00:38:00,944
THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL.
756
00:38:00,946 --> 00:38:02,946
IT'S NOT FOLLOWING THE CROWD.
757
00:38:02,948 --> 00:38:05,081
IT'S LIKE FINDING
A WOODEN HORSE, YOU KNOW,
758
00:38:05,083 --> 00:38:08,152
A QUARTER OF A MILE AWAY
FROM THE CAROUSEL.
759
00:38:08,154 --> 00:38:10,420
ASTRONOMERS
NAME THE OBJECT "NIKU,"
760
00:38:10,422 --> 00:38:15,158
MEANING REBELLIOUS
IN THE CHINESE LANGUAGE.
761
00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:17,694
NIKU'S BEHAVIOR FLIES
IN THE FACE
762
00:38:17,696 --> 00:38:20,798
OF ALMOST EVERYTHING WE KNOW
ABOUT ORBITING OBJECTS.
763
00:38:23,369 --> 00:38:28,038
NIKU'S MOVEMENTS
AREN'T JUST HIGHLY UNUSUAL.
764
00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:30,374
THEY APPEAR TO GO
AGAINST EVERYTHING WE KNOW
765
00:38:30,376 --> 00:38:33,076
ABOUT HOW THE SOLAR SYSTEM
WAS FORMED.
766
00:38:35,581 --> 00:38:36,846
OUR CURRENT UNDERSTANDING
767
00:38:36,848 --> 00:38:39,917
OF HOW SOLAR SYSTEMS
TYPICALLY FORM
768
00:38:39,919 --> 00:38:44,254
IS THAT YOU START WITH A CLOUD
OF MATERIAL AROUND A STAR,
769
00:38:44,256 --> 00:38:46,456
AND AS THAT MATERIAL
IS SPINNING,
770
00:38:46,458 --> 00:38:48,992
IT WILL FLATTEN INTO A DISK,
771
00:38:48,994 --> 00:38:50,794
AND THEN FROM THAT DISK,
YOU GET PLANETS
772
00:38:50,796 --> 00:38:53,763
AND OTHER SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS.
773
00:38:53,765 --> 00:38:56,065
ANGULAR MOMENTUM TELLS US
THAT ALL OF THESE OBJECTS
774
00:38:56,067 --> 00:38:58,067
SHOULD BE ORBITING
IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
775
00:38:58,069 --> 00:39:00,670
THAT'S NOT WHAT
WE'RE SEEING HERE.
776
00:39:00,672 --> 00:39:03,273
SOME SUGGEST
THAT NIKU'S WEIRD MOTION
777
00:39:03,275 --> 00:39:05,275
IS SIMPLY THE RESULT
OF A COLLISION
778
00:39:05,277 --> 00:39:07,944
WITH ANOTHER OBJECT IN SPACE.
779
00:39:07,946 --> 00:39:10,180
IT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE
THAT NIKU'S STRANGE BEHAVIOR
780
00:39:10,182 --> 00:39:12,282
IS THE RESULT OF A GIANT WHACK.
781
00:39:14,887 --> 00:39:16,820
IT JUST GOT HIT
BY ANOTHER OBJECT,
782
00:39:16,822 --> 00:39:18,782
AND THAT KICKED IT
OUT OF THE PARK.
783
00:39:22,027 --> 00:39:23,560
BUT TO MANY SCIENTISTS,
784
00:39:23,562 --> 00:39:25,128
THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
785
00:39:27,232 --> 00:39:29,232
IT WOULD TAKE
A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF ENERGY
786
00:39:29,234 --> 00:39:33,370
TO CHANGE THAT ORBIT
TO GO IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.
787
00:39:33,372 --> 00:39:36,173
YOU TRY TO GET THAT MUCH ENERGY
OUT OF A COLLISION,
788
00:39:36,175 --> 00:39:38,909
YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA
BREAK THE PLANET INTO PIECES.
789
00:39:41,380 --> 00:39:44,314
SOME ASTRONOMERS HAVE
A MORE RADICAL THEORY
790
00:39:44,316 --> 00:39:47,184
FOR NIKU'S STRANGE BEHAVIOR.
791
00:39:47,186 --> 00:39:50,253
THEY SUGGEST THAT IT IS
BEING INFLUENCED
792
00:39:50,255 --> 00:39:54,124
BY AN INVISIBLE GIANT WORLD
CALLED PLANET NINE.
793
00:39:54,793 --> 00:39:57,260
PLANET NINE IS THOUGHT
TO BE A PLANET
794
00:39:57,262 --> 00:39:59,997
IN THE VERY OUTER REACHES
OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM,
795
00:39:59,999 --> 00:40:03,467
AND ITS ORBIT WOULD TAKE
ABOUT 15,000 YEARS
796
00:40:03,469 --> 00:40:06,803
TO GO AROUND OUR SUN.
797
00:40:06,805 --> 00:40:08,137
SCIENTISTS SPECULATE
798
00:40:08,139 --> 00:40:12,809
THAT PLANET NINE
IS 10 TIMES BIGGER THAN EARTH.
799
00:40:12,811 --> 00:40:16,280
THIS SUPER-EARTH'S
MASSIVE GRAVITATIONAL PULL
800
00:40:16,282 --> 00:40:18,882
COULD AFFECT THE ORBITS
OF OTHER OBJECTS
801
00:40:18,884 --> 00:40:20,817
IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
802
00:40:20,819 --> 00:40:23,954
WE KNOW THAT PLANETS
CAN CHANGE THE ORBITS OF THINGS.
803
00:40:23,956 --> 00:40:26,223
WE USE THAT ALL THE TIME
FOR OUR SPACECRAFT.
804
00:40:26,225 --> 00:40:27,757
WE SEND THEM BY JUPITER,
AND SUDDENLY,
805
00:40:27,759 --> 00:40:29,492
INSTEAD OF GOING THIS WAY,
THEY'RE GOING THAT WAY.
806
00:40:29,494 --> 00:40:33,296
SO THAT COULD BE AN EXPLANATION.
807
00:40:33,298 --> 00:40:36,500
SCIENTISTS BELIEVE
THAT IF PLANET NINE EXISTS,
808
00:40:36,502 --> 00:40:41,638
IT ORBITS UP TO 100
BILLION MILES AWAY FROM NIKU.
809
00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:43,440
THIS MEANS NIKU IS BEYOND
810
00:40:43,442 --> 00:40:46,976
THE UNSEEN PLANET'S
GRAVITATIONAL REACH.
811
00:40:46,978 --> 00:40:49,780
THE PROBLEM WITH APPLYING
PLANET NINE TO NIKU
812
00:40:49,782 --> 00:40:51,715
IS THAT IT'S JUST SO FAR AWAY,
813
00:40:51,717 --> 00:40:54,584
AND IT'S IN
A VERY DIFFERENT ORBIT.
814
00:40:54,586 --> 00:40:56,119
PLANET NINE, IT SEEMS,
815
00:40:56,121 --> 00:41:00,157
CANNOT BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR NIKU'S ODD ORBITAL MOTION.
816
00:41:02,328 --> 00:41:06,129
ANOTHER POSSIBLE THEORY IS THAT
THE OBJECT HAS TRAVELED HERE
817
00:41:06,131 --> 00:41:08,799
FROM THE DARKNESS BEYOND
THE LIGHT OF OUR SUN.
818
00:41:10,068 --> 00:41:11,868
NOW, ONE POSSIBLE EXPLANATION IS
819
00:41:11,870 --> 00:41:14,071
THAT MAYBE NIKU DOESN'T BELONG
820
00:41:14,073 --> 00:41:15,472
IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM AT ALL,
821
00:41:15,474 --> 00:41:18,741
THAT REALLY,
IT'S HERE BY MISTAKE,
822
00:41:18,743 --> 00:41:20,944
AND MAYBE IT'S
A WANDERING PLANET
823
00:41:20,946 --> 00:41:23,580
OR A WANDERING OBJECT
FROM A DIFFERENT STAR SYSTEM.
824
00:41:25,617 --> 00:41:28,218
THEORETICALLY,
OUR SUN'S GRAVITATIONAL PULL
825
00:41:28,220 --> 00:41:31,087
THEN CAPTURED THIS SPACE INVADER
826
00:41:31,089 --> 00:41:35,158
AND FIXED ITS ORBITAL MOTION.
827
00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:37,026
IF YOU CAPTURE A PLANET,
828
00:41:37,028 --> 00:41:39,696
THEN THAT'S GOING TO COME IN
FROM ANY RANDOM ANGLE,
829
00:41:39,698 --> 00:41:42,966
WHICH MEANS THAT IT CAN HAVE
ANY RANDOM ORBIT,
830
00:41:42,968 --> 00:41:46,837
AND NIKU'S ORBIT IS VERY RANDOM.
831
00:41:49,041 --> 00:41:52,242
THIS SUGGESTS
OUR SOLAR SYSTEM IS HOME
832
00:41:52,244 --> 00:41:56,846
TO NUMEROUS VISITORS
FROM DISTANT STAR SYSTEMS.
833
00:41:56,848 --> 00:41:59,182
IN OUR OWN GALAXY, PROBABLY,
THERE ARE BILLIONS OF OBJECTS
834
00:41:59,184 --> 00:42:01,518
THAT HAVE BEEN CAPTURED
IN ONE STAR SYSTEM
835
00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:03,640
BEING FLUNG
FROM A DIFFERENT STAR SYSTEM.
836
00:42:05,990 --> 00:42:10,360
FOR NOW, THIS IS JUST A THEORY.
837
00:42:10,362 --> 00:42:12,662
UNTIL MANKIND SENDS
A PROBE TO NIKU,
838
00:42:12,664 --> 00:42:16,666
THE EXACT ORIGIN OF THIS
WEIRD OBJECT FROM DEEP SPACE
839
00:42:16,668 --> 00:42:20,269
WILL REMAIN UNEXPLAINED.
840
00:42:20,271 --> 00:42:22,406
NIKU IS A MYSTERY TODAY,
AND TO BE HONEST,
841
00:42:22,408 --> 00:42:24,874
IT MIGHT REMAIN A MYSTERY
FOREVER.
842
00:42:24,876 --> 00:42:27,844
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