Asteroid : doomsday or payday? / produced by Pioneer Film and Television Productions Limited for NOVA/WGBH ; produced and directed by Jonathan Challis, David Hutt, and Brian Leckey.

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From the width of a football field to the size of a small city, the space rocks called asteroids have the potential to be killers. But some asteroids may be loaded with billions of dollars' worth of iron, nickel and even platinum. Will asteroids turn out to be our economic salvation or instruments o...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: Pioneer Productions
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) (Production company, Broadcaster)
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (Production company)
PBS Distribution (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Challis, Jonathan (Producer, Director)
Hult, David (Producer, Director)
Leckey, Brian (Producer, Director)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH).
Published: [Alexandria, Virginia] : PBS, [2014]
Edition:Wide screen.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Asteroids.
Near-earth asteroids.
Asteroids > Collisions with Earth.
Asteroids > Collisions with Earth > Environmental aspects.
Metals.
Science television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Astronomy.
Genre:
Science television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Doomsday or payday.
Other Uniform Title:Nova (Television program)
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
From the width of a football field to the size of a small city, the space rocks called asteroids have the potential to be killers. But some asteroids may be loaded with billions of dollars' worth of iron, nickel and even platinum. Will asteroids turn out to be our economic salvation or instruments of extinction?
Note:Title from container.
Originally broadcast in 2013 as an episode of the PBS television series: Nova.
Call Number:AR9 D0158998 VideoDVD
Audience:
Not rated.
ISBN:9781608830077
1608830071
Credits:Editor, David Dillon.
System Details:DVD; NTSC; region 1; wide screen presentation; stereo.
Participant or Performer:
Craig Sechler, narrator.