| View Larger Image | Mission to Jupiter | Video On DemandDirected By: Jonathan Martin
Also With: Philip Nugus (Producer), Dr. Simon Mitton (Writer), Dr. Jacqueline Mitton (Writer)
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| | Binding: | Video On Demand | | Run Time: | 26 minutes | | Studio: | Nugus/MartinProductions Ltd | | Release Date: | July 01, 2008 | | Genre: | Nonfiction | | Synopsis: | In 2072 the Super Intelligent Machines voyaged to explore this giant ball of gas, with swirling clouds and hurricanes which can blow up to 300 miles an hour. Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system - three hundred times the mass of Earth and 1,000 times its volume. To reach Jupiter, Earthlink and the SIMs have to cross through the Asteroid Belt. They face disaster when their radio transmitter fails. Legs has to use the telescope to fly them safely through avoiding the asteroids. As they approach Jupiter, Lander flies the SIMs to the surface of Amalthea, Jupiter?s most hospitable moon. Legs and Wheels undertake a research programme to try to establish its origins. Hover, equipped with Megajets, specialised boosters, makes the hazardous journey to Jupiter. He plunges into the Red Spot, a hurricane larger than Earth which has been blowing for at least 300 years. As Hover descends into the tempestuous winds he is blown into a near-fatal spin? | | Sales Rank: | 53,197rd |
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