Astronomy Down Under

Science on SBS

18 Sep at 14:50 by Wilson

The Sunday 8:30pm time-slot on SBS is becoming more interesting every week for anyone interested in astronomy and in science in general. After showing Brian Greene’s “The Elegant Universe” over three weeks, last night SBS aired an episode of “Horizon” (a.k.a. “Nova” in the USA) about the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn.

It didn’t have any new information to people who usually follow news about space missions, but the visual material was very well done, as were the inteviews with astronomers and other research personnel. Also, it was interesting seeing just how large the Cassini probe is (it’s about the size of a small bus).

Next week’s program will talk about space tourism; SBS programming info is here.